Finding material that fits next week's class takes time. Join the SL Global ABA Instructor Network and you get the whole Special Learning catalog on your own account, and a code that takes 50% off for your students.
What you get, free
- Everything we offer, on your own account. Every course, webcast, library, guide and tool in our store, free for you, from the day we confirm you teach.
- Material you can use in class. You may show our recordings in your class, as long as you credit Special Learning.
What we ask
- A three-question check-in each term, about ten minutes, on where your students get stuck and what you wish you had. Each answer goes to the person who builds our courses, and you hear back when the fix ships.
What your students get
- 50% off everything in our store, with a code you give your students. Each instructor gets their own code.
- How they use it: sign in, or create a free account, then enter your code at checkout.
- Want students to try it first? Intro to ABA: Level 1 has a free 7-day trial that covers the first 2 sessions, with no payment card: start the free trial.
Buying for a whole class or program
- Intro to ABA: Level 1 for groups is $99 per person for 10 or more, paid once, against $199 for one person (group course page).
- Your department can get a written quote it can raise a purchase order against, along with our W-9: ask for a quote.
- Completing this course earns a Special Learning certificate of completion.
Where Level 1 fits in your course
Level 1 is 9 online sessions and a final exam, built for the teachers, paraprofessionals and behavior technicians who work with a student every day. Here is how the 8 sessions the course page names, of 9, relate to two frameworks programs often teach to: the CEC Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards for Special Educators (K-12, 2020) and the BCBA Test Content Outline, 6th edition. It shows where each session connects to a standard, so you can decide where it fits your course.
| Session on the course page | Relates to CEC standard | Relates to BCBA outline area |
|---|---|---|
| What is Autism? | 2, Understanding and Addressing Each Individual's Developmental and Learning Needs | Background for the course |
| ABA Overview | 6, Supporting Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Growth (6.2, preventive and responsive practices) | A, Behaviorism and Philosophical Foundations; B, Concepts and Principles |
| Methods of Teaching Overview | 5, Supporting Learning Using Effective Instruction (5.3, explicit, systematic instruction) | G, Behavior-Change Procedures |
| Errorless Teaching and Prompting | 5 (5.3) | G, Behavior-Change Procedures |
| Active Student Responding: Increasing Learner's Motivation and Self-Monitoring | 5 (5.2, engagement, motivation, opportunities to respond and self-regulation) | G, Behavior-Change Procedures |
| Intro to Strategies to Increase Beginner Classroom Participation Skills | 6, Supporting Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Growth (6.1, routines and procedures) | H, Selecting and Implementing Interventions |
| Strategies to Increase Beginner Classroom Participation Skills: Teaching Methods in Application | 5 and 6 | H, Selecting and Implementing Interventions |
| Strategies to Increase Beginner Classroom Participation Skills: Decreasing Problem Behavior with an FBA Part 1: How to Begin | 6 (6.3, the function of behavior); 4, Using Assessment to Understand the Learner and the Learning Environment for Data-Based Decision Making | F, Behavior Assessment |
The full session list and objectives are in the Level 1 syllabus (PDF). The course comes with downloadable materials, listed beside its sessions.
How to join
- Tell us what you teach, in the form below. We ask for your faculty page on your school's website and your school email address.
- We confirm it from your school's page and confirm your school email with one click.
- You get your free access and your students' code, with a welcome note matched to the course you teach.
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Karen Chung is the Founder and CEO of Special Learning.
Special Learning exists to move the more than one billion people touched by autism, worldwide, toward independence; families, caregivers and educators are the front door, and the professionals who serve them are the delivery arm.