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Improve Your Qualifications and Care as a Certified Autism Specialist®

Certification Recognizing Healthcare Professionals with Specialist Level Training in Autism

  • “My career has vastly improved since I received my credentials. My expertise was essential during a recent IEP meeting. Also one the school’s administrators has informed other staff members in the district that I am a certified as a Certified Autism Specialist.”

    -Elizy Smith, Speech Language Pathologist, MHS, CCC-SLP, CAS

Actionable Autism Training for Improving Outcomes

  • Learn to differentiate between sensory disorders and other potential sources of behavior problems
  • Learn best practices of how to improve outcomes for students with autism and sensory disorders from experts in the field
  • Learn the crucial and often misunderstood differences between ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ reinforcement and when to use both
  • Gain professional recognition for your expertise

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6 Areas of Autism Competency: CAS Program and Certification

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Internationally Recognized Autism Certification for Professionals

Certified Autism Specialist certification badgeShow your commitment to providing qualified care to individuals with autism and other cognitive disorders with an internationally recognized credential from IBCCES (the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards).

Our Certified Autism Specialist program is for professionals who are responsible for the support and/or services provided to an individual on the autism spectrum that directly relates to the professionals’ specific scope of practice.

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Individual Benefits

Our certification will:

  • Enhance your professional reputation and credibility.
  • Recognize your mastery of the specialist level Autism training.
  • Increase your opportunity for career advancement and increased earnings.
  • Recognize your voluntary effort to meet rigorous professional standards in ongoing professional development.
  • Include your name on the online public registry of Certified Autism Specialists

School/Clinic Benefits

Having Certified Autism Specialists on your staff:

  • Reduces the chance of litigation in your district.
  • Differentiates your school or healthcare facility from your competitors.
  • Demonstrates your commitment to on-going training in Autism to parents and clients.
  • Improves your grant qualifications.
  • Assists in demonstrating compliance with local and state guidelines for professional development.

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  • Pengiran Hartini Tahir Master of Science clinical pscyhology CAS

    Pengiran Hartini Tahir, Clinical Psychologist

    “Parents or clients are confident in what I am doing. Having the certificate for a Certified Autism Specialist helps parents to feel confident in the services or intervention that I provide, making them less anxious. It gives reassurance to them.“

  • Professional-Picture Karen Jaggers Licensed Professional Counselor

    -Karen Jaggers, Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, NCC, LPC, CAS

    “I choose the field of counseling because I have a son diagnosed with ASD and I saw a need for therapists who truly understood what the families were experiencing.

    My IBCCES training and credentials have provided a much needed ability to demonstrate my level of knowledge regards autism spectrum disorders. This is a rigorous credential process and I am proud to tell others that I have attained this credential of CAS.“

  • Denise Bennett Licensed Physical Therapist and CAS

    Denise Bennett, PT, Licensed Physical Therapist, Co-owner and Clinical Director, CAS

    “The IBCCES training allows us to now only bring great hands on treatment techniques to our families, but it also helps us be able to have a dialogue about all the issues they face and how to pull together a cohesive plan.“

  • Shala Brooks - Occupational Therapist and CAS

    Shala Brooks, Occupational Therapist, MS, OTR/L, CPAM, CAS

    “The training IBCCES provided me was excellent. I believe I’m more knowledgeable in regards to the Autism population and I can better assist my therapy assistant with meeting the needs of the students we serve.“