Table 2.

Teacher/classroom demographics

	Teachers/classrooms (N = 11) M (SD)/frequency (%)
Teacher age (years)	49.89 (6.33)
Teacher ethnicity
Caucasian	9 (82%)
Hispanic	1 (9%)
Asian American	1 (9%)
Years of teaching
In current position	8.20 (7.94)
Total in similar position	16.30 (12.13)
Class age designation
3- to 4-year olds	5 (46%)
4- to 5-year olds	6 (54%)
Class type
Non-categorical self-contained class	9 (82%)
Autism specific self-contained class	2 (18%)
Class size
# of child study participants in the class	5.00 (2.45)
Total # of children in the class	10.27 (2.32)
Total # of adults assigned to the class	3.45 (.69)
Ratio of children to instructors	3.06 (.84)