This course has been designed to address concerns brought up by the staff working with students on the spectrum at Westchester Community College. The course will provide an orientation to the way ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) is defined (via the DSM 5) and how it can manifest in the community college setting. The course will focus on best practice strategies for managing the challenges that come up for many students on the spectrum in their first college experience. These issues include that which is interpersonal such as the risk of social isolation as well as the intrapersonal such as accessing the emotional regulation skills necessary to meet new social and academic challenges.

This course has been designed to address concerns brought up by the staff working with students on the spectrum at Westchester Community College. The course will provide an orientation to the way ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) is defined (via the DSM 5) and how it can manifest in the community college setting. The course will focus on best practice strategies for managing the challenges that come up for many students on the spectrum in their first college experience. These issues include that which is interpersonal such as the risk of social isolation as well as the intrapersonal such as accessing the emotional regulation skills necessary to meet new social and academic challenges.