Integrating evidence-based behavioural teaching methods into education for children with autism

An educational provision for young children with autism that offers intensive behavioural interventionbased on the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), within an early years mainstream schoolsetting in the UK, is described. The ABA Class at Westwood School is a collaborative project between theSchool of Psychology, Bangor University, two Local Education Authorities in North East Wales (Flintshireand Wrexham) and the local NHS Trust. Using two case examples, two important features of mainstreameducation for children with autism are considered: access to the National Curriculum, and inclusion withpeers in mainstream settings. Standardised test data on outcomes for these children over the initial12 months of their educational placements are also provided