Have you figured out your problem? I am both a parent and a teacher to autism. I was against TEACCG until I attended the week long training. And though I think a pure TEACCH approach is lacking especially in communication, it really is a great approach if done correctly. I have seen it done well and seen it done poorly, just like good and bad discrete trial (ABA). And it comes down to the teacher and the district support. if you are still undecided feel free to message me.

ABA practitioners often use TEACCH. I attended a parent training program in preparation for intensive intervention and they included TEACCH in their coursework. That being said, to single out and focus energy on TEACCH is a great idea I think for those who are comfortable with hand over hand and physical guidance. In our case we found ways to get around that, but semi-structured. I just googled it because I couldnt remember how it differentiated from the rest... its confusing when you just gotta use what works for everything. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treatment_and_Educ...

Some studies have been done to compare the two, but basically some methods work better for different kids. The easy answer is to go with whatever works.

thats ok- you are helping me a lot I appreciate it

Thanks
It is good in its approach of surveying educators for social acceptancte of the program. What I got our of it is that the less educated they are in autism the less the liked ABA and TEACCH works for a more general enviroment in their social acceptance research .

I think this the best paragraph though from the article in the discussion when authors are discussing these 2 comprehensive teaching models(abbreviated CTM) is this as I feel this way when I am trying to understand why someone endorses one method or the other...

"Simply stated, consumers of CTMs in autism desperately need to know
which specific components of the models work in public
school classrooms and/or homes, how and why they work,
and how they can evaluate exactly how well the interventions
are working with their students or children. It appears
that neither ABA nor TEACCH by themselves have fully
addressed these needs, or, at least, effectively communicated
research-based answers to consumers"

Are there any professionals who want to comment on is there a clearinghouse or metaanalysis really breaking down and looking at the science behind these methods?