August 21, 2025, 2:30-4:00 | MonTECH: Boosting Inclusion through AT and Adaptive Equipment (Field Trip, Anyone?)
September 10, 2025, 3:00-4:00 | EdCOR: Chronic Absenteeism
September 24, 2025- October 29, 2025, 3:00-4:00 | EdCOR- 6 Week Virtual Behavior Academy
September 29, 2025, 3:30-5:00 | Pyramid Educational Consultants: Stickers to Paychecks
October 6-7, 2025, 9:00-4:30 | PECS Level 1
October 10, 2025, 8:00-4:00 | Pyramid Educational Consultants: Teacher's Guide to Organizing the Classroom
October 16, 2025, 2:30-4:00 | MonTECH: It's No Use If You Can't Reach It: Attaching Communication (and Other Devices) to Tables, Chairs, and Gait Trainers
November 10, 2025, 3:00-5:00 | EdCOR: Data Collection for Progress Monitoring
November 12, 2025 3:30-5:00 | Pyramid Educational Consultants: How to Say No and Live to Tell About It
November 17, 2025, 8:00-4:00 | (ADOS®-2) Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition, Refresher Training
December 1, 2025, 3:00-4:00 | EdCOR: Executive Function | Impulse Control, Working Memory, Emotional Control
December 10, 2025, 2:30-4:00 | MonTECH: Implementing AAC Everywhere: on the Playground, in the Lunch Room, and in the Arts
January 13, 2026, 3:00-4:00 | EdCOR: Executive Function | Sustained Attention, Task Initiation, Planning & Prioritizing
February 11, 2026 3:00-4:00 | EdCOR: Executive Function | Organization, Time Management, Goal-Directed Persistence
August 15, 2025 | Missoula | MontCOMM ’25: Breaking Barriers and Honoring Authentic Voice. Limited Montana Autism Education Project scholarships are available for this conference. Learn more about the conference at the University of Montana MonTECH webpage.
California Deafblind Services provides training to current paraeducators serving in the role of an intervener and individuals interested in this role through a partnership with the College of Professional and Global Education at San Francisco State University.
This online program uses content from the deafblind training modules developed by the National Center on Deafblindness and CDBS staff members serve as the online instructors of the course.
Students completing the training program receive a Certificate of Completion of Intervener Training from SFSU College of Professional and Global Education which demonstrates the candidate has completed formal intervener training.
The cost for two courses over two semesters (Fall 2025 and Spring 2026) will be $480 ($240 per course).
MTPLC offers a variety of paid, reduced cost, and free professional development opportunities to Montana educators.
ECHO Autism Communities is a free virtual learning community for a variety of professionals who serve autistic people and people with other disabilities. ECHO Autism is committed to building global communities where people see possibilities in all abilities. ECHO Autism provides professional development focused on best practices for clinicians, health professionals, educators, and advocates who work with individuals on the autism spectrum and their families.
This paid subscription service bridges the gap between research and practice for speech-language pathologists. Members get access to quick, easy-to-digest, reviews of over 3000 research studies and articles from hundreds of journals. This service also includes ASHA CEUs in “bite size” chunks of time.
The original Autism Focused Intervention Resources and Modules (AFIRM) was funded by the Office of Special Education Programs in the US Department of Education as a subcontract of the IRIS Center from 2014-2016 as an extension of the National Professional Development Center (NPDC) on Autism.
During the 2-year funding period, AFIRM developed 27 evidence-based practice (EBP) modules and related resources based on the 2014 NPDC EBP Report. AFIRM continues to provide free up-to-date EBP modules and resources based on the 2020 NCAEP EBP Report, as well as modules and resources designed specifically for paraeducators, early interventionists, and caregivers who served children and youth on the spectrum.