Intervene Early for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Create Your Customized Path To Knowledge And Information On Strategies And Interventions For Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Information, resources, and training tailored to your needs.
The Center for the Young Child provides curated sets of resources at four distinct levels to support each person or team's journey towards providing interventions for young children with ASD including resources, strategies, and supports. While completing levels one through four covers the basics all the way to mastery, anyone can start at any level depending on their pre-existing knowledge, experience, and learning goals.
Where Should You Start Your Intervene Early Learning Journey?
Learn which evidence-based interventions increase skills in young children with ASD.
Expand your knowledge, understanding, and skills related to practical strategies through these different resources.
Cultivate your skills implementing specific autism intervention models through intensive training.
Level 4: Inspire Change and Expand Team Resources
Consider the needs, practices, and coordination of your professional team sharing and expanding access to interventions in your community.
Level 1: Get Started
Learn which evidence-based interventions are proven to increase skills in young children with ASD.
Bite-Sized Learning: Evidence-Based Practical Approaches
Estimated Time to Complete: 15 minutes each
Level 2: Learn More
Expand your knowledge, understanding, and skills related to practical strategies through these different resources.
Foundations of Evidence-Based Strategies
With video examples in home, school, work, and community settings, these foundational courses will introduce you to evidence-based strategies that can be used to develop social-communication and academic skills, positive behaviors, and independence. Each course contains 8-9 modules with video instruction, expert interviews, and perspectives of practitioners and people on the autism spectrum and their families.
Estimated Time to Complete: 10.5 hours
Autism Internet Modules
Free, online professional learning designed for those who support, instruct, work with, or live with someone with autism. The AIM modules guide users through case studies, instructional videos, pre- and post-assessments, discussion questions, activities, and more.
- Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Guide for Early Interventionists
- Motor Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Music-Mediated Intervention
- Differential Reinforcement
- Discrete Trial Training
- Functional Communication Training
- Modeling
- Naturalistic Intervention
- Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT)
Estimated Time to Complete: Varies according to topic
Autism Focused Intervention Resources & Modules (AFIRM) for Toddlers
AFIRM for Toddlers are a set a of modules developed by an extension of the National Professional Development Center (NPDC) on Autism in collaboration with the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center for early interventionists working with toddlers, families, and early care providers.
Estimated Time to Complete: Varies according to topic
Level 3: Apply Your Skills
Cultivate your skills implementing specific autism intervention models through intensive training.
Interventions for Young Children with Autism
OCALI’s Center for the Young Child provides intensive, extended training, technical assistance and supports to professionals in a variety of intervention models for young children with autism.
Behavior Assessment and Planning with Evidence-Based Interventions
This coursework is designed to provide a comprehensive, in-depth understanding of how to use functional behavior assessment and positive behavioral intervention planning to decrease interfering behaviors and teach new skills. Evidence-based interventions are presented with videos of expert interviews, perspectives from people on the autism spectrum, and case examples in homes, schools, work sites, and the community.
Estimated Time to Complete: 40 hours
Level 4: Inspire Change and Build a Team
Consider the needs, practices, and coordination of your professional team sharing and expanding access to interventions in your community.
Intervene Early Collaboration
Does your agency, program, and/or community need a plan to ensure young children, and their families are connected to support and interventions as soon as possible? OCALI can support your professional teams' efforts to through systematic program evaluation, resource mapping, technical assistance, and consultation to expand family access and high-quality intervention options in your community.