The Certificates in Autism

•Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorder•Certificate in Asperger’s Syndrome and HFA•Certificate in STAR and FACTER

Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD)

• Training to work with students with ASD in early childhood through high school

• Addresses wide range of competencies necessary for effective educational programming for students with ASD

For autism specialists, special & general educators, school psychologists and counselors, speech and language therapists and paraprofessionals

Certificate in ASD Highlights

Summer 2011:• Pre-requisite course: Sped 410/510 Foundations for Understanding

Autism Spectrum Disorder (3 credits)Fall 2011 – Spring 2012:

• One course per term• Courses taken in sequence• Fieldwork component (capstone - tbd)

• Total credits = 15 -18• Students are required to take courses in sequence.

Certificate in ASD Pre-requisite

• Foundations for Understanding ASD*Historical and legislative foundations, current cultural, family issues; and the perspectives of individuals with ASD

Exploration of the characteristics of ASD through diagnosis, eligibility, program planning and ongoing student evaluation

*Also pre-requisite for Certificate in STAR/FACTER

Certificate in ASDContent (draft)

Course I (Fall)Identifying Evidence Based Practices

Evidence based practices through the use of environmental supports, accommodations and adaptations (ie visual supports, TEACCH, social stories, video modeling, AT/AAC, FBA, tsk analysis, discrete trial, etc.)

Course II (Winter)• Leadership through Consultation, Advocacy and Ethical Practice (Leadership and Professionalism

through effective service coordination and collaboration with service providers and families• Leadership through providing person-centered planning and advocacy, consultative strategies to

instructional personnel• Applying the principles of UDL, RTI and PBIS using evidenced-based instructional strategies across

instructional• contexts• Progress monitoring and Individual program evaluation through consultative action

Course III (Spring)Fieldwork and Seminar

• effective professional development practices at the school and district level• Specialization (Literature review)• - Eligibility• - Transition to adulthood• - AS/HFA: Curriculum and Instruction• - Advocacy, Family and Community Resources• - Scholarly investigation of promising practices)

Certificate in Asperger’s Syndrome & HFA

Certificate in Asperger’s Syndrome and High Functioning Autism (AS/HFA)

• Learn to improve social, cognitive, behavioral, and academic skills of students with AS/HFA

• Learn to teach appropriate social skills across contexts• Understand how AS/HFA affects behavior, social interaction,

learning skills• Learn techniques, strategies and environmental modifications

to improve success at home, school and in the community

For general educators, school psychologists and counselors, special educators, speech and language therapists, reading specialists, autism specialists, paraprofessionals, parents, others on student’s educational team

Certificate in AS/HFAHighlights

• Fully online program

Summer 2011:Pre-requisite course:

Sped/ED 410/510 A Different Way of Thinking: Introduction to AS/HFA”

Fall 2011 – Spring 2012:• One course per term

• Total credits = 12• Students are encouraged but not required to take courses in

sequence.

Certificate in STAR and FACTER

Certificate in STAR and FACTER• Learn strategies of Applied Behavior Analysis: discrete trail, pivotal

response, functional routines through a widely used curriculum• STAR content areas include expressive, receptive and spontaneous

language, functional routines, pre-academic skills, social interactions and play skills.

• FACTER addresses the ability to perform typical everyday routines while incorporating essential related skills for living.

ForSpecial educators, autism specialists, speech therapists and others who want to increase their expertise in teaching this curriculum or who are working in classrooms that are implementing these programs.

Certificate in STAR/FACTER Highlights

• One-week/full-day format each summer Pre-requisite:

Sped 410/510 Foundations for Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders”

• Courses offered sequentially• Total credits = 12

• Students are required to take courses in sequence.

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