All courses are free and shareable.
The Introduction to Autism course is a free 20-minute asynchronous, interactive, micro-training. This course is for anyone who would like to learn more about autism. Please click the course poster below to access the micro-training.
“This is absolutely wonderfully done. I will be sharing this with my family, my colleagues and my clients. Thank you for all you are doing! I am really looking forward to seeing more”. M. Unger
Our micro-training course ‘Introduction to Autism & Universal Design for Faculty’ is a 60-minute interactive training suited for any faculty member in higher education who would like to know more about their Autistic students and the Universal Design tools they can utilize to decrease a disabling learning environment for all students.
Important note: we have recently converted all courses to free courses to make them as accessible as possible to everyone. As a result, we no longer provide a digital badge related to this course. Please disregard the offer on slide 46 for a digital badge. If you would like a PDF certificate of completion, we are happy to send you one via email. Reach out to us at info@autismtraining.academy.
Our Parent Advocacy course, which is a part of our leadership series, is available now. This 30-minute course is designed for the parents and caregivers who are looking for tools to better understand:
- parent advocacy in different environments
- the relationship between advocacy and leadership
- the ways in which you can be a strong parent advocate for your child
- how to support your child to be their own self-advocate
This course includes games and tools you can utilize immediately. Resources are available at the end of the course. Completion of this course earns you a digital badge you can use on your CV, website, or on LinkedIn.
Important note: we have recently converted all courses to free courses to make them as accessible as possible to everyone. As a result, we no longer provide a digital badge related to this course. Please disregard the offer on slide 42 for a digital badge. If you would like a PDF certificate of completion, we are happy to send you one via email. Reach out to us at info@autismtraining.academy.
As part of the advisory committee who assisted in the development of the autism and neurodiversity for dentistry program for the University of British Columbia, I am thrilled to announce it is now available to everyone.
This program is designed to assist Dentists, Dental Hygienists, Certified Dental Assistants, Dental Technicians, Denturists, Dental Therapists, Dental Office Staff and anyone interested in dentistry to learn practical and useful strategies on how to support autistic and neurodivergent clients of all ages in the dental setting. In fact, many of the strategies presented will help ALL clients have more successful dental visits.
This program includes a series of four self-paced, interactive modules filled with useful activities and videos and is available to anyone, anywhere for FREE!
This program is designed to assist childcare providers, early childhood educators, preschool teachers, parents and anyone interested in inclusive childcare to learn practical strategies on how to support young children with developmental disabilities, including autism (diagnosed or undiagnosed) in the early childcare setting. In fact, the strategies presented in these modules can help any child thrive in their early years!
This program includes a series of four self-paced, interactive modules filled with useful activities and videos and is available to anyone, anywhere for FREE!
Below is a 30-minute talk on autism & vulnerability for the Free for Life Conference on Autism Human Trafficking. It starts with introductions and my presentation starts at 5:55.
Autism Campus Prep Program
Below is an online course for Autistic individuals and their advocates who are discussing or considering attending any type of post-secondary education. It was written and developed by Dr. TC Waisman and other Autistic individuals including graduate students and is accessible to everyone. This course was designed for the Sinneave Family Foundation.
This Course covers the topics of: selecting academic programs, understanding how to fully participate in work/social life on campus, and maintaining health and wellness. It is self-guided, asynchronous, and can take from 1-hour to several hours depending on how much information you’d like to learn. https://aidecanada.ca/learn/community-inclusion/autism-campus-prep
Here is a video presentation on my research for our CANVAS community. Thank you to Dr. Brett Ranon Nachman and his team at CANVAS and to our amazing community of scholars for your questions, input, and wisdom.
Below is a presentation about systemic barriers that Black students with disabilities face in higher ed and what we can do to affect change. Thank you NorQuest College for funding these conversations and making them available for the public.
The program below on autism and neurodiversity in the workplace includes a series of six self-paced, interactive modules filled with useful activities and videos. The program is designed to assist human resource professionals, employers, supervisors, managers, co-workers, job coaches and counsellors, autistic employees, parents, students, and anyone interested in inclusive employment to learn practical strategies on how to support all employees to be successful on the job.
What are the Module Topics?
There are six modules in the program. Module 1 is a prerequisite to modules 2 through 6. Modules 2 to 6 can be taken in any order. It is highly recommended that learners take all six modules.
CIRCA has partnered with the UBC CPD (Continuing Professional Development) in the Faculty of Medicine to create a program for primary care providers on autism and neurodiversity filled with useful activities and videos. This program includes two interactive modules designed to assist primary care providers to learn about the unique needs of their autistic patients and gain practical and useful strategies to adapt their practice to better serve this population. This program is FREE and is available to everyone. You do not have to be a primary care provider to take advantage of this learning opportunity.
Some components of the program are specific to British Columbia, Canada; however, the majority of the content is relevant to primary care practice in any location. Each module also includes supplemental resources that have been vetted by UBC CPD and CIRCA for quality assurance.
You can start and stop the modules at any time and the platform will remember where you left off. You will also have continued access to each module to use as an ongoing resource.
*Note: free micro-training courses do not come with a digital badge.