Learning Bites
| Title | Description | Keywords | Format | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Families | Information and resources for families of autistic students, including family-school collaboration, education, independence, sexual health, and other topics across the lifespan. | Family Engagement, Family-School Partnerships, Resources for Families, Advocacy, Collaboration | Topic Page, Website | |
| LINKS Boxes | The LINKS Box is an all-in-one set of materials for a LINKS teacher to use with their students for an entire month. This includes connection activities, energizer activities, weekly awards, and a materials list. | Activity, Peer to Peer, LINKS | Document | |
| From Barriers to Belonging: Promoting Inclusion and Relationships Through the Peer to Peer Program | From Barriers to Belonging describes Peer to Peer, a time-tested and replicable schoolwide approach for creating meaningful social opportunities and fostering a school climate that is supportive of inclusion. | Peer to Peer, Inclusion, Belonging | Research Article | |
| Scaling Up a Peer-Mediated Program Statewide: Lessons Learned Through Peer to Peer | This article describes Michigan's efforts to scale up Peer to Peer programming statewide. | Peer to Peer | Research Article | |
| The Reciprocity of Peer-Mediated Interventions: Examining Outcomes for Peers | This study looked at high school students who helped classmates with autism or other disabilities through a peer support program. After joining the program, many of these peer helpers had better grades, came to school more often, and had fewer behavior problems—especially those who had struggled before. The results show that helping others can also help the peer helpers, and schools should include all kinds of students, not just the top performers, in these programs. | Peer to Peer, Outcomes | Research Article | |
| Outcomes for LINKS: Benefits to High School Peers | Outcomes for LINKs: Benefits to High School Peers examines the positive impact of Peer to Peer programs on high school students acting as peer supports (LINKs). Data from the study indicate that participating LINKs improved their GPAs, attendance, and behavior. The article highlights the inclusive benefits of Peer to Peer programs for all students, emphasizing that even those with initially low academic or behavioral standings showed significant improvement. | Peer to Peer, Outcomes | Document, Website | |
| Peer To Peer Framework Ideas and Supports Webinar Series | The Secondary and Elementary Peer to Peer Framework Ideas and Supports is a webinar series that guides users through different framework models for Peer to Peer programs from an elementary perspective in the classroom and a secondary perspective in an elective classroom partnered with Unified Champion Schools. | Peer to Peer, Unified Champion Schools, UCS | Video | |
| Fridays for All | Fridays for All is an activity resource for elementary teachers to foster inclusive thinking and action in the classroom. This is done through circle questions, team-building games, books and/or videos, and teacher tips in order to stimulate discussion and help students learn about similarities and value differences. | Activity, Peer to Peer | Document | |
| Peer to Peer Secondary Curriculum: Reimagined | Peer to Peer Secondary Curriculum: Reimagined is an updated curriculum that provides quality, engaging, and age-appropriate content for Peer to Peer high school courses. Educators can take this content that is focused on neurodiversity and strengths of those with disabilities and distribute it using the Teacher Portal, which includes tools and resources to deliver content to students. | Peer to Peer, Peer to Peer Secondary Curriculum | Google Site | |
| Elementary Peer to Peer Program Fidelity Checklist | The Elementary Peer to Peer Program Fidelity Checklist provides step-by-step instructions for the development of peer support programs in elementary settings along with links to resources to help build and enhance peer supports to improve outcomes for all students. | Peer to Peer, Outcomes, Fidelity | Document | |
| Secondary Peer to Peer Program Fidelity Checklist | The Secondary Peer to Peer Program Fidelity Checklist provides step-by-step instructions for the development of peer support programs in secondary settings along with links to resources to help build and enhance peer supports to improve outcomes for all students. | Peer to Peer, Outcomes, Fidelity | Document | |
| Peer Friendship Formula |
Explore the Peer Friendship Formula and how repeated, shared experiences can create opportunities for authentic friendships between students with and without disabilities. Learn how sufficient support and valued roles help create meaningful Peer to Peer experiences where all students are equally valued. |
Peer to Peer, Peer Relationships, Friendship, Inclusion, Valued Roles | Bite | |
| Behavioral Response Scripts: Whose Line is it? |
This START Connecting article addresses the importance of using scripted interventions in schools to manage student behavior effectively. It defines intervention scripts as detailed guidelines that help educators provide consistent and predictable responses to student behavior, which in turn supports student self-regulation and engagement. The article highlights the benefits of such scripts, including reducing emotional responses from staff, preventing behavioral escalation, and increasing the fidelity of behavior plans. |
START Connecting, Scripts | Article | |
| Classroom Environment and Teaching Assessment (CETA) Tool |
The Classroom Environment and Teaching Assessment (CETA) is a tool designed to help teachers and school teams proactively explore and strengthen inclusive classroom practices. It supports the creation of effective learning environments for all students, particularly those with higher support needs. |
CETA, teams, effective classroom practices, EBP | Document | |
| Learning from the Pandemic: Creative Approaches to Peer to Peer |
This resource outlines adaptations made by Peer to Peer programs during the COVID-19 Pandemic as reported by participants in the study by Pulido et al. (2024). This resource is intended to be a tool for Peer to Peer teams to consider whether the adaptations could enhance their program and/or address current implementation challenges. |
Peer to Peer, Elementary, Secondary | Document | |
| Deliberate Coaching Google Site |
The Deliberate Coaching Google Site is a resource study for the book Deliberate Coaching: A Toolbox for Accelerating Teacher Performance by Paul Gavoni, Ed.D and Nicholas Weatherly, Ph.D. |
Coaching, Book Study | Google Site | |
| P2P Data Collection System Overview |
This video explains how to use the Peer to Peer Data Collection System for the RCN. The Peer to Peer Data Collection system is intended to be a data-based decision making tool for RCN leaders and members to promote and expand Peer to Peer programming in their ISDs. |
Peer to Peer, Data, RCN, Tutorial | Video | |
| Peer to Peer Definition |
This resource outlines general indicators to help RCN members and other school staff determine whether a program at a school could be considered a Peer to Peer program. RCN members can use this resource to assist them as they are gathering Peer to Peer data. |
Peer to Peer, Data, RCN | Document | |
| Critical Question #1 | The critical questions are intended to provide guidance and expand your thinking. As you begin or expand activities focused on individuals with autism, use the critical questions to assure you are using practices focused on equity and inclusivity that value the voices and perspectives of the autistic community. Critical Question #1 is focused on considering whose perspectives are involved in the work. | Critical Question, Perspectives, Equity | Website | |
| Critical Question #2 | The critical questions are intended to provide guidance and expand your thinking. As you begin or expand activities focused on individuals with autism, use the critical questions to assure you are using practices focused on equity and inclusivity that value the voices and perspectives of the autistic community. Critical Question #2 is focused on whose perspectives are still needed to ensure equity in the work. | Critical Question, Perspectives, Equity | Website |