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01What your staff will learn
Intro to ABA: Level 1 — Basic Training
A course on the methods and techniques of ABA, built for the people who work with the child every day: teachers, paraprofessionals, behavior technicians, parents and caregivers. It is basic training in ABA methods you can use every day with a child or a student. $199 a person; the first 2 sessions are free for 7 days. For groups of 10 or more: $99 a person, the same course.
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By state
02Your state's school autism-training rules
Each page quotes the state's own law or rule, says who it covers, and says plainly where outside training fits. We do not claim that our course meets any state's requirement.
| State | What it requires | Who it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Restraint training within a prevention and PBIS program | Staff at schools that use restraint |
| Alaska | No autism mandate; 6 hours a year for special education aides | Special education aides |
| Arizona | No autism-training mandate found; trained restraint/seclusion personnel, except in emergencies; disability-interaction training for campus officers | Staff who use restraint; school officers |
| Arkansas | Required special education, behavior and health-care training modules for special education paras | Special education paraprofessionals |
| California | Annual pupil-specific behavior training in certified nonpublic schools and agencies | Staff with pupil contact or interaction during the schoolday |
| Colorado | No autism-training mandate found; 10 renewal hours for teachers on behavioral health and disability education, and for other listed licensees on disability education; role-appropriate para training | Renewing professional teachers, special services providers, principals and administrators; special education paras |
| Connecticut | No autism mandate; 18 hours a year of para PD | Paraeducators; certified staff; crisis teams |
| Delaware | State-provided ASD training; no staff autism mandate found | State education department; restraint staff; behavior intervention paras |
| District of Columbia | No autism-training mandate found; restraint and seclusion training for staff who use them | LEA staff who restrain or seclude children with disabilities |
| Florida | At least one autism-specific professional learning opportunity offered each year (since July 1, 2026) | Instructional staff and school-based administrators |
| Georgia | No autism-training mandate found; restraint training where restraint is used | Staff in schools that use physical restraint |
| Hawaii | No autism-training mandate found; annual restraint training, recertification, or both for staff who use restraint | Public school staff who use restraint |
| Idaho | Annual positive behavior supports, de-escalation and classroom behavior management training | All public and charter school staff assigned to students or classrooms |
| Illinois | No autism-training mandate found; 8 hours a year for staff who use time out or restraint | All staff who work with pupils; adults who use time out or restraint |
| Indiana | Recurring restraint training; para training on students' needs | Appropriate school employees; special education paras |
| Iowa | Behavior training within the first year teaching in Iowa; no autism-specific mandate found | Classroom teachers beginning employment in Iowa; AEA and district intervention-planning staff |
| Kansas | No autism-training mandate found; annual ESI training for all staff | All staff (ESI); special education paraeducators (inservice) |
| Kentucky | Annual positive behavioral supports training | All public school personnel, including teachers, paraprofessionals and contractors |
| Louisiana | No autism-training mandate found; restraint by trained staff | Staff who use restraint, as designated by the principal |
| Maine | No autism-training mandate found; yearly restraint-rule overview for all staff | All staff (yearly overview); sufficient certified administrators/designees and general and special education staff per covered entity |
| Maryland | No autism mandate; restraint-designee training | Restraint designees; renewing teachers |
| Massachusetts | Inclusive-schooling training including autism at recertification; 15 disability-related PDPs per 5-year Primary-license renewal, no separate autism hours | Teachers and administrators renewing a license |
| Michigan | No autism-training mandate found; seclusion and restraint awareness training | All school personnel with regular pupil contact (awareness); key personnel |
| Minnesota | Positive behavior interventions at renewal; autism in later mental illness training | Teachers covered by renewal requirements; positive behavior training applies to Tier 3/4 applicants employed as teachers during the renewal period |
| Mississippi | No autism-training mandate found; restraint training within a positive behavior program | Staff in districts that permit restraint |
| Missouri | No autism-training mandate found; para training 15 hours in first 6 months, then 10 a year | Special education paraprofessionals; staff who use restraint |
| Montana | No autism-training mandate found; trained IEP member for aversive procedures | IEP teams using aversive procedures |
| Nebraska | Behavioral awareness training, reviewed every 3 years (from 2026-27) | Administrators, teachers, paraprofessionals, school nurses and counselors |
| Nevada | State training on pupils with disabilities and autism; administrators every 3 years | School administrators (every 3 years); all staff under the district policy (new hires within 180 days) |
| New Hampshire | No autism-training mandate found; restraint and seclusion by trained staff | Staff who use restraint or seclusion; paraeducators |
| New Jersey | No autism-training mandate found; annual restraint training where restraint is used | Staff involved in restraint; teachers; special education staff |
| New Mexico | No autism-training mandate found; IEP team must consider staff training for each student with autism | IEP teams for students with autism; staff who use restraint or seclusion |
| New York | Annual all-staff training including positive, proactive strategies; autism training for four specified special education certificates and special education administrators | All staff at schools under 8 NYCRR 19.5 (annual); applicants for four specified special education certificates; certified administrators/supervisors assigned as special education administrators |
| North Carolina | No autism-training mandate found; first-year behavior and disabilities PD for residency-license teachers | Residency-license teachers; unlicensed adjunct instructors |
| North Dakota | No autism-training mandate found; 20 inservice hours, including behavior, for special education paras | Paraprofessionals providing instructional support to students with disabilities (20-hour requirement) |
| Ohio | PBIS professional development at least every 3 years | All student personnel who interact directly with students |
| Oklahoma | Autism training at least once every three years, offered once a year | Teachers and education support professionals, early childhood through grade 3 |
| Oregon | No autism-training mandate found; "adequate training" for staff carrying out a student's plan | District employees who carry out a student's IEP, 504 or behavior plan |
| Pennsylvania | 20 hours a year of staff development related to the assignment; no autism-training mandate found | Instructional paraprofessionals and personal care assistants |
| Puerto Rico | Department of Education must offer autism trainings to all its staff; 18 continuing-education credit hours every 2 years for special education teachers whose main or regular duty is directly serving students with autism; at least 15 credit hours on autism every 3 years within already-required continuing education for professionals who serve people with autism | Department of Education staff (trainings offered); special education teachers whose main or regular duty is directly serving students with autism; clinical, educational and other professionals who serve people with autism |
| Rhode Island | No autism-training mandate found; annual restraint-policy training for all staff | All staff (restraint policy training); teacher assistants |
| South Carolina | No autism-training mandate found; para preservice and inservice training | Instructional paraprofessionals; certified educators (renewal) |
| South Dakota | No autism-training mandate found; district plan must describe para training | Special education paraprofessionals; certified educators (renewal) |
| Tennessee | No autism-training mandate found; districts set restraint and isolation training rules | District-set: staff who restrain or isolate special education students |
| Texas | No autism-training mandate found; crisis prevention training by risk criteria (19 TAC 89.1053(j)); CPE on students with disabilities | Districts; staff chosen by district risk criteria; educators subject to CPE renewal requirements |
| Utah | Foundational behavior support training within two months of hire, or 30 days when working directly with students with disabilities, then "bi-annually" | LEA employees who supervise students or may assist with behavior management, excluding law enforcement officers |
| Vermont | Periodic classroom and behavior management training under each school's discipline plan | All staff and contractors with routine unsupervised contact with students |
| Virginia | Behavior-management training for autism aides within 60 days; autism-program training for employees assisting with autistic students' bus transport; optional annual autism PD | Aides assigned to teachers overseeing autistic students; employees assisting with autistic students' bus transport; staff in regular contact with students (optional PD) |
| Washington | No autism-training mandate found; four-day paraeducator course when funded | Paraeducators; staff who use restraint or isolation |
| West Virginia | Twelve hours a year of training on autism and challenging behavior, made available by the county board | All regularly employed teachers' aides |
| Wisconsin | No autism-training mandate found; training required before using physical restraint | Staff who use physical restraint; at least one per school that uses it |
| Wyoming | Training in evidence-based techniques to prevent restraint and seclusion | All school staff |
Plainly
03Hours and certificates, plainly
- Completing this course earns a Special Learning certificate of completion. That certificate is not a continuing education (CE) certificate.
- Whether any training counts toward a teacher's or paraprofessional's own license, certification or required hours is decided by your state, province, ministry or district, and we do not claim that it does. Tell us your system and we will tell you what we can and cannot show.
Purchasing
04How a school buys
One person: start the free trial, or buy in the store by card or PayPal.
Ten or more people, United States: ask for a written quote; it is valid 30 days and itemized so you can raise a purchase order against it. We send our W-9 for vendor setup. Your invoice carries your PO number and tax-exempt ID. Pay by check, ACH or card. Training opens the moment payment clears; we do not invoice on credit terms.
Ten or more people, outside the United States: ask for a quote in US dollars. Pay by card. Access opens when payment clears.
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