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First Online: 19 December 2018

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: Support for this research was provided by the Office of Special Education Programs Grant for Leadership Training in High-Need Students with Severe Disabilities/ Autism (H325D100010). However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Office of Special Education Programs and one should not assume endorsement by the Federal government.During the time period in which they collected the data used in this study, two of the authors were completing a graduate program with funding from the Office of Special Education Programs Grant for Leadership Training in High-Need Students with Severe Disabilities/Autism (grant #H325D100010).

: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

: A waiver of informed consent was approved by the university Institutional Review Board because the research involved no more than minimal risk to the subjects, the waiver did not adversely affect the rights and welfare of the subjects, and the study did not involve procedures for which written consent is normally involved outside the research context. Participants provided consent by answering ‘yes’ to a question regarding participation in research and providing an electronic signature by typing their name.

: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.