SPE 5120 Effective Educational Practices with Students on the Autism Spectrum: Information Cycle

Are you a wise consumer of information?  Do you know what the content is of the resource you are searching?

• Does it cover the subject area, time period, type of literature you need? 
• Who is responsible for the resource? 
  • A government agency?
  • The profession's professional association?
  • A reputable database vendor to which your library or school system subscribes?
  • A university?

Locate the About or other responsibility statement in these resources. 

Who is responsible?  What subjects are covered?  What types of literature is included?

• Education Source
• ERIC
• PsycInfo
• Google Scholar
• http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ebp_summaries/
• http://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/evidence-based-practices

What information sources do you use and how do you evaluate them?

Evaluating Sources for Credibility - watch

How to Choose Your News - watch

Breaking News Consumer's Handbook - Fake News Edition