SOLUTIONS
District-Wide Solutions
STAR Autism Support® partners with districts to build sustainable, research-backed special education systems. Trusted in over 2,500 districts across the U.S. and internationally, we help teams strengthen the skills, consistency, and capacity to support students with disabilities across every grade band.
What does District-Wide Solutions include?
Model Site Development
Partner with us to create model training sites that empower teachers to deepen their knowledge and refine their skills using coaching and workshops.
Self-Sufficient Professional Development
Empower your staff to become coaches, enabling them to deliver impactful PD and sustain high-quality practices district-wide.
Practical Solutions
We focus on what works in your classroom — ensuring strategies are realistic, sustainable, and aligned with your students' goals.
Capacity- and Confidence-Building
Coaching empowers educators to create engaging, impactful lessons, manage challenging behaviors, and foster meaningful student progress.
Collaborative Growth
Partner with your coach to strengthen your practice, successfully implement programs with fidelity, and support district initiatives.
Research-Based Curricula and Instructional Tools
Research-based curricula and instructional tools provide the foundation for all staff to replicate effective practices across every classroom in your district.
Instruction in a Variety of Settings
Data-Based Decision Making
Consistency of Instruction
Fidelity of Implementation
Self-Sufficient Professional Development
Methodology
STAR Autism Support takes a comprehensive approach that addresses the unique needs of your organization. Recommended services may include a variety of deliverables.
Needs Assessment
Comprehensive Workshops
Program Setup
In-Class Hands-On Teacher Training
Coach Training
Fidelity Checklist & Resources
Distance Learning
Certification
Why a capacity-building model
Introducing a program is only the beginning. Sustainable implementation requires educators to translate training into daily classroom practice, local leaders to support consistent implementation, and systems to maintain quality as staff and programs change.
Our capacity-building approach develops expertise within the education system rather than relying exclusively on outside support. It combines practical training with classroom-based coaching, implementation feedback, digital learning resources, and coach development. This helps districts and states establish shared practices, strengthen internal leadership, onboard new staff, and extend implementation to additional classrooms and schools.
How we partner with districts and states with multi-year capacity building
STAR Autism Support partners with states, districts, and education service agencies to develop multi-year implementation and capacity-building plans tailored to their goals, starting point, and scale. Through professional learning, job-embedded coaching, implementation support, and local coach development, we help education systems build the knowledge, leadership, and infrastructure needed to sustain and expand high-quality implementation over time.
As internal capacity grows, responsibility gradually shifts from direct support by STAR Autism Support to district- or state-led training, coaching, onboarding, and continuous improvement. STAR Autism Support remains available as a strategic partner, providing ongoing guidance, fidelity support, advanced professional learning, and assistance as programs expand or needs change.
Who this approach is for?
Multi-year capacity-building partnerships are well suited for states, districts, and education service agencies implementing STAR Autism Support programs across multiple classrooms, schools, or regions. Plans can be designed for an initial cohort, a targeted group of schools, or a broader system-wide initiative, with the scope and level of support adjusted to each partner’s needs, resources, and implementation goals.
A phased approach to sustainable implementation
Phase 1: Establish the foundation
STAR Autism Support provides direct professional learning, in-class coaching and modeling, and implementation guidance to help educators put programs into practice. Together with district or state leaders, we establish shared goals, clarify implementation expectations, and identify educators and leaders who may serve as local coaches or implementation leads. We provide direct training, in-classroom coaching, and fidelity monitoring. STAR Coach candidates within your district begin their certification process.
Phase 2: Build shared capacity
Local coaches and leaders take an increasingly active role in training, coaching, problem-solving, and supporting new staff. STAR Autism Support works alongside them through coaching-of-coaches, advanced professional learning, implementation feedback, and targeted support. This shared approach helps expand internal expertise while maintaining consistency as implementation grows.
Phase 3: Sustain and expand
The district or state leads ongoing implementation, including coaching, staff onboarding, and expansion to additional classrooms or programs. STAR Autism Support continues as a strategic partner through options such as refresher training, new coach development and certification, fidelity and continuous-improvement support, and consultation when new priorities or challenges arise.
What partners can expect
Each partnership is customized, and the work is designed to help states and districts:
Develop local educators, coaches, and leaders with the expertise to support implementation
Translate professional learning into consistent classroom practice
Establish shared expectations across participating classrooms and schools
Support onboarding and development of new staff
Monitor implementation and identify opportunities for improvement
Expand programs while maintaining instructional quality
Build a more sustainable system of support over time
Where appropriate, STAR Autism Support can also share implementation examples and available outcome data from partnerships with comparable goals or settings.
Contact us to learn more and get started
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Free, ready-to-use classroom resources
Expert tips and implementation strategies
Practical ideas to increase student engagement and learning