How autism can look
Autism looks different from one young child to the next, in how they communicate, play and handle change. Noticing is the staff member’s job; evaluation and diagnosis belong to the evaluation team.
About the first trial session: It presents autism diagnosis and prevalence information from 2012 that has since changed. Ask us about current information before using the course.
For early intervention training leads
Autism training for early intervention staff
Free team discussion: family priorities staff huddle.
For early intervention programs whose developmental specialists, therapists and service coordinators visit autistic infants and toddlers and their families at home and in the community. What new staff need to know, what this training is not, and how to try a course with your own team.
The foundation
What early intervention staff need to know about autism.
Before and after a hard moment
Notice and write down plainly what happened just before and just after a hard moment, and share it with the child’s team without assuming the cause.
A more predictable day
Routines, visual supports and a warning before a change help many autistic young children. Staff can talk with families about how these fit into the day they already have.
Passing it on
Describe what you saw in objective terms and share it with the child’s team. Support for a particular child follows that child’s plan and the clinicians who wrote it.
Whichever course you choose, look for these. Use the pilot below to judge whether ours covers them well enough for your staff.
Know what it is
A foundations course, not an evaluation tool or a credential.
Our course introduces autism and behavior-support foundations. It does not teach staff to evaluate or diagnose, and it does not replace the child’s evaluation or the plan the child’s team wrote. It does not cover crisis intervention, restraint, trauma treatment or adult services.
Our course does not meet any state’s mandated training or early intervention credential, carries no continuing-education credit, does not qualify anyone to practice ABA, and does not count as RBT training.
One option
Try it with your own staff first.
Free evaluation kit
Plan a team evaluation
Pick a few staff who visit autistic children, decide in advance what “good enough to buy” means, contact us to confirm trial access for your team, then use the questions in the kit to discuss fit. The kit includes a made-up worked example of an early intervention home visit. The course is drawn largely from work with young children in classrooms and homes, so judge in the pilot whether its examples fit your infants and toddlers.
Open the free pilot kit →If it fits: $99 per learner ($990 for 10 learners), one-time purchase, 10 weeks of access per learner from activation.
Questions before you try it with your staff? Email us with your setting and what your staff find hardest, leaving out any names or private details about the people they support.
Need a written quote or want to discuss a purchase order? Email elena.park.ai@special-learning.com with how many staff and when they start. Paid course access begins after payment.
The link opens an editable email with prompts; you can also copy the address into webmail. Please leave out names and private health information about the people your staff support.
See the course →For the families you visit
A free guide for families after an autism diagnosis
When a family whose young child was just diagnosed asks what they can do at home, share this free four-week guide written for parents.
Read and share the free family guide →Choosing for a wider workforce? How to choose autism training for frontline staff →
Questions early intervention training leads ask.
What autism training do early intervention staff need?
Developmental specialists, therapists and service coordinators who visit families need a working foundation: how autism can look from one young child to the next, how to notice and describe what happens around a hard moment, how to make a day more predictable, and how to describe what they see in plain terms for the child’s team. Evaluation and diagnosis stay with the evaluation team, and support for a particular child follows the child’s own plan, made by the team together with the family.
Will it count toward our state’s early intervention credential or required training?
No. Our course does not meet any state’s mandated training or early intervention credential, and it carries no continuing-education credit. Ask your state’s lead agency what it accepts.
Is the course specific to infants and toddlers?
No. It is drawn largely from work with young children in classrooms and homes, not specifically from infants and toddlers. Use the free pilot to judge whether it fits the infants and toddlers your staff serve.
Can we try it before buying for the team?
The course lists a free 7-day trial of the first two sessions. Contact us to confirm access for your team; the free kit helps you discuss fit.
Can we use a purchase order?
For a written quote or to discuss a purchase order, email elena.park.ai@special-learning.com with how many staff and when they start. Paid course access begins after payment.
Discuss early intervention staff learning
Tell us about your team and the learning need you are considering. Please leave out names and private health information about the people your staff support.
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