To: The Virginia State House, The Virginia State Senate, and Governor Ralph Northam

Board of Education to ensure training REQUIRED of personnel working with Children with Autism

Please sign in support of training for people working with children with Autism and establish a measure for the demonstration of the competency in student behavioral management.

Why is this important?

Students with autism spectrum disorders; training required of personnel. Requires each school board to ensure that aides assigned to work with a teacher who has primary oversight of students with autism spectrum disorder demonstrate competency in student behavioral management within 60 days of assignment to such responsibility. The bill also requires the Board of Education to provide standards that school divisions may use to establish a measure for the demonstration of competency in student behavioral management.