Regional Autism Services Program

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The University of Iowa
Regional Autism Services Program
Child Health Specialty Clinic

100 Hawkins Drive, Room 226 Iowa City, Iowa 52252-1011 Sue Baker, M.S. Autism Services Consultant phone: 319-356-4619 e-mail: sue-baker@uiowa.edu		A program to coordinate: • Community based screening • Team-oriented interventions • Interagency cooperation • Resource Dissemination
The Regional Autism Services Program is a cooperative effort of Bureau of Children, Family, and Community Services at the Iowa Department of Education, Child Health Specialty Clinics, and the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at University of Iowa Health Care.

Last updated on: Feb 2010

Goals of the Regional Autism Services Program (RASP):

Provide learning opportunities for parents and professionals
Data collection for low incidence secondary disability coding resource (Video) IEP Data collection Slides slides
Provide technical assistance to school teams serving children, youth, and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and follow-up outcome evaluation.
Information and Referral for autism services in Iowa: Call RASP office.
Provide access to R.A.S.P. Statewide Library holdings on autism issues and programming for Iowa’s parents, professionals, and service providers. Please note: Borrowers must pay United Parcel Services (UPS) charges to return borrowed items.
Provide access to reference lists on various topics (Asperger's Disorder Reference List) or issues in autism.
Provide support for the model of community screening for autism (using the Autism Behavior Checklist and Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers and Asperger Syndrome Diagnostic Scale) available through Child Health Specialty Clinics Regional Centers.

CHSC Summary of Number of Detections and Number Screened with the CHAT/M-CHAT 2000-2006
Assist the Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Student and Family Support Services in its mission to serve all students including those with autism.
Iowa’s Administrative Rules of Special Education; autism definition that includes other ASD conditions like PDD-NOS and Asperger's Disorder
Social Skills Assessment tools for ASD population powerpoint
Special Projects:

a. Providing services (via Autism Resource Team projects) to the student with autism. Autism spectrum disorders collaboratively with the Autism Resource Teams

                 b. Using visual supports for behavior management, organization, communication, and social interactions

                 c. What does "specialized curriculum" mean for persons with autism spectrum disorders in Iowa?

                 d. Statewide stakeholder's group develops an autism resolution about counting birth to three year olds and those with Autism Spectrum Disorders 4 years through the age of 22 years in Iowa's schools

f. Articles about camps, referencing those with autism, autism education on the web, early identification

Establish cooperative activities with the state Autism Society of Iowa: 1-888-722-4799 including newsletter articles and conference offerings.
Support the Area Education Agency’s Autism Resource Teams
Support the National Autism Society of America