Graduate Certificate in Autism

This certificate is being offered for practitioners and parents alike who wish to earn a certificate of specialization in autism spectrum disorders. The program provides participants, who currently (or may in the future) work with individuals with autism spectrum disorders, the skill sets necessary to build and work within an interdisciplinary approach to effective and empirically based treatment of these individuals.

Admission requirements are a bachelor’s degree from an accredited, four-year, degree-granting institution and a 3.0 GPA.

Required Courses 1
EDA/SLP 521Assistive Technologies for Communication and Participation3
EDA 530Teaching Children with Autism 23
EDA 531Autism Studies: Assessment and Instruction I3
EDA 535Autism: Family, Inter-agency and Community Collaboration3
Total Minimum Credits Required12
1

The four courses from this graduate certificate program may be used as an area of concentration in the M.Ed. in Special Education program.

2

PSY 521 may be substituted for EDA 530 for any student not pursuing the PDE Autism Endorsement.