Leading practices for autistic students’ transition to secondary school
In a context of inclusive school, this paper aims to demonstrate good practices to implement, to promote autistic students’ academic success in regular classes during the primary to secondary school transition. The information gathered is based on an action research conducted during two years in three schools from two different Quebec administrative regions. Stakeholders (n=25), autistic students (n=11), and their parents (n=10), have helped to outline the salient aspects of the practices implemented to promote an inclusive education for all. Our conclusions show that it is imperative to provide professional development on understanding the scheme of thinking of autistic students, to regular classroom stakeholders. It is also important that decision-makers give time to set up collaboration between primary and secondary level resources, as well as those of community and rehabilitation networks.