Table 1.
Participant Characteristics
| Domain | Mean (SD) | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher | ||
| Years working with students with autism | 11.3 (7.4) | 2-27 |
| Number of students with autism taught | 35.1 (56.5) | 5-225 |
| Caseload | 18.3 (15.9) | 5-75 |
| Student | ||
| Age (years) | 18.2 (1.1) | 17-20 |
| Intelligencea | 75.7 (27.1) | 40-119 |
| Adaptive Functioningb | 71.8 (14.4) | 38-94 |
| Autism Severityc | ||
| Standardd | 36.8 (8.4) | 26-51 |
| High Functioninge | 26.8 (4.2) | 20-34 |
| IEP | ||
| Number of goals | 3.1 (1.8) | 1-8 |
| Number of objectives | 4.5 (4.3) | 0-14 |
| Number of postsecondary goals | 1.6 (0.8) | 1-3 |
| Speech Therapyf (minutes/weekly) | 14.8 (11.0) | 3-30 |
| Occupational Therapyg (minutes/weekly) | 4.8 (6.8) | 1-15 |
Note.
a
KBIT-2 IQ composite (Standard score).
b
Teacher Vineland Adaptive behavior composite.
c
Childhood Autism Rating Scale 2.
d
Scores based on 8 participants.
e
Scores based on 12 participants.
f
Seven students received speech services.
g
Five students received occupational therapy and data on total time receiving services for occupational therapy was missing for one of the five participants.