Step 1
Pick 3 to 10 people
Choose staff who support autistic children day to day, and one supervisor to lead the huddle. Give them paid time to watch both trial sessions; the first runs about 47 minutes.
For training leads
Try autism training with your own staff before you buy
A free one-week pilot for developmental disability, residential, child-welfare and behavioral health organizations whose staff support autistic children. Four steps, a short huddle, and a clear yes or no at the end.
The pilot, step by step
One week, 3 to 10 staff, no cost.
Step 2
Decide what “good enough to buy” means, before anyone watches
Write your answer down now, so the result decides and not the mood of the week. A simple bar:
- Most of the pilot group finishes both sessions within the 7 days.
- In the huddle, each person can describe a recent hard moment in plain, objective terms: what happened just before, what they saw, what happened after.
- You judge the examples close enough to the children your staff support.
- Your clinical lead finds nothing that conflicts with how your organization supports people.
Step 3
Each person starts the free trial
Send your pilot group the link below. Each person registers their own free account and gets the first 2 sessions for 7 days: “What is Autism” and “ABA Overview”. Start everyone on the same day, so the whole group is still inside its 7 days at the huddle. You won’t see their progress from your side, so ask each person to tell you when they have finished.
The course page, with the free trial →Before they watch session 1: share this note with them.
This session was recorded in 2012. Since 2013, the DSM-5 has classified autism under one diagnosis, autism spectrum disorder, instead of autistic disorder, PDD-NOS and Asperger’s. The CDC’s 2022 surveillance (published in 2025) identified autism in about 1 in 31 eight-year-olds in the communities it monitors. In research studies that followed infant siblings from birth, about 1 in 5 younger siblings of an autistic child was later diagnosed.
Step 4
Hold a 20-minute huddle at the end of the week
Leave out the names and private details of the people you support. Ask:
- What was new to you, and what did you already know?
- Think of a recent hard moment. Describe it in plain terms: what happened just before, what you saw, and what happened just after.
- What is one thing that could make part of a child’s day more predictable?
- Where does this course stop, and when do you go to the child’s own plan or clinical team?
- Would the rest of the course help you? Why, or why not?
Then check your answers against the bar you wrote in step 2.
After the huddle
Decide with what you saw.
If it met your bar
Level 1 ABA Online Training Course for groups
Nine sessions of autism and behavior-support foundations, then a final exam. $99 per learner, minimum 10 learners ($990 for 10). One-time purchase. Each learner has 10 weeks of access from the day they activate their code.
Buy for your team in the store →Ask us how learner access and completion records work before ordering.
If it did not
Tell us what was missing
That is useful to us, and we may point you to something that fits better. If your staff mainly support adults, or your state names a required course, start with your state agency’s list.
Email our team →What to weigh
What this course is, and is not.
It is drawn largely from work with young children in classrooms and homes, so it fits staff who support autistic children best. It does not cover adult services, crisis intervention, restraint or trauma-informed care. It does not qualify anyone to practice ABA, does not count as RBT training or the 40-hour RBT course, and does not replace your clinical team. Behavior support for a particular person always follows that person’s plan and the clinician who wrote it.
No continuing-education credit and no CE certificate. It does not meet any state’s mandated training.
How to choose autism training for frontline staff →Questions about the pilot.
Is the pilot really free?
Yes. Each person in your pilot starts the course’s free 7-day trial, which covers the first 2 sessions. Nobody pays unless you decide to buy for the team.
How many staff should be in the pilot?
Three to ten people who support autistic children is enough to judge fit. Include at least one supervisor who will lead the huddle.
What does the full course cost after the pilot?
$99 per learner, minimum 10 learners ($990 for 10). It is a one-time purchase, and each learner has 10 weeks of access from the day they activate their code.
Will it meet our state’s training requirement?
No. It does not meet any state’s mandated training, carries no continuing-education credit and does not count as RBT training. Ask your state agency or licensing body what it accepts.
Does it fit staff who support adults?
No, it is not designed for that. It is drawn largely from work with young children in classrooms and homes, and it does not cover adult services.