The ASD Nest: A Successful Inclusion Model in the NYC Public School System

• By: Shirley Cohen, PhD Hunter College Dorothy Siegel, MPH CUNY Lauren Hough, MSEd ASD Nest Support Project, NYU Steinhardt
• October 1st, 2013
• classroom supports, co-teaching model, inclusion, inclusive education, school-based interventions, social skills development, special education, student outcomes
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Ten years ago Dorothy Siegel and Shirley Cohen, working closely with administrators of a Brooklyn school district, initiated a pilot for the ASD Nest program. Now, ten years later, that pilot has evolved into a robust model based in 20 public elementary schools in New York City, with continuing...