a utism s upp or t t r aining p r o gr am B ased on the a w ar dwinning e videnc e based pr o gr am de v elop ed f or the n e w Br unswick d epar tmen t of e duc a tion l earn e videnc e based p r ac tic es f or E f ec tiv e A utism Supp or t An estimat ed 1 in 88 C anadian childr en ar e living with A utism Spec trum Disor der ASD Numer ous training solutions and tr eatments exist mak ing it difcult f or prac titioners and par ents t o k no w which appr oaches ar e ef ec tiv e saf e and e vidence based Our A utism Suppor t T raining uses only e vidence based prac tices that ar e suppor t ed b y document ed r esear ch W e w or k with an A dvisor y C ommitt ee and subjec t matt er exper ts composed of psy cholog ists clinicians ph ysicians and r esear chers who ar e leaders in the feld of ASD T he y ensur e that our cur r iculum and appr oaches ar e alig ned with best prac tices based on the most r ecent pr of essional lit eratur e and e valuation W e ha v e been training autism suppor t w or k ers with the P r o vince of Ne w Brunswick and other jur isdic tions f or almost a decade W e ar e no w pleased t o open our pr og ram t o an y one living or w or k ing with childr en or adults who ha v e been diag nosed with ASD i mpr o ving the l iv es of c hildr en with a utism Lik e y ou w e ar e committ ed t o helping those diag nosed with autism and their families Since 2004 w e ha v e trained 930 autism suppor t w or k ers and clinical super visors in Ne w Brunswick T ogether w e ar e lessening the impac t of autism and helping childr en with autism lead happier liv es intervention training pr ograms W ha t Y ou c an e xp ec t fr om the p r o gr am Whether y ou ar e a prac titioner par ent or health car e pr of essional our pr og ram of ers man y benefts Y ou will lear n Applied Beha viour Analysis ABA an established tr eatment that meets the National A utism C entr e standar ds and has been pr o v en t o be ef ec tiv e f or individuals diag nosed with an A utism Spec trum Disor der While ABA tr eatment does not pr omise a cur e it does pr omise success in t eaching ne w adaptiv e sk ills I n fac t r esear ch has sho wn that af t er tr eatment some childr en with ASD ar e indistinguishable fr om their peers Yo u will r eceiv eacer tifcat e of pr ofcienc y which y ou can use t o fur ther y our car eer T he cer tifcat e is equivalent t o other suppor t training pr o vided in the P r o vince of Ne w Brunswick and else wher e in C anada and the Unit ed Stat es Y ou will h a ve the t ools yo u need to cr eat ea pr oduc tiv e lear ning en vir onment and t o suppor t individuals with autism mor e ef ec tiv ely I n y our home or the w or k place y ou will be mor e confdent in y our abilit y t o modify beha viour and mor e satisfed with the r esults Y ou will lear n about Pr o v e n ASD tr eatment strat eg ies Th e r esear ch behind these best prac tices Th e t ypes of int er v ention that might be most ef ec tiv e H ow yo u can apply them Y ou will apply y our lear ning frst hand inaprac ticum placement wher e y ou will collaborat e with instruc t ors who ar e exper ts in the feld of autism int er v ention p r o gr am t opics c or e t heor y T he theor y course co v ers var ious t opics including S pecializ ed Pr ogramming 10 UNB C ollege of Ex t ended L ear ning P r of essional D ev elopmen t 20132014 V iew B ook