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It is time to look for training and additional information to support your work as a professional who is developing a repertoire of tools and skills.
There is a strong push for the tools to be researched as effective. That is a useful criteria, of course. If you are suffering from asthma, you want something that has worked for others. You want a solution with a track record of success. The same is true in looking for behavior management tools. It is helpful to know that the ideas have been tried and are successful with others.
Look for things that have worked and been effective when seeking training and continuing education opportunities. Look for classes from accredited or licensed entities. In human sciences, we are still, after 1000’s of years, in our infancy. So it can also be helpful to attend training that is provider driven. The Arizona School for Deaf and Blind has a long history of trying things out, and is a good source to learn about things that worked with youngster who have those special needs. Of course, it follows that they may not be a good source of information about autism.
The parent of a child with autism may feel that s/he has a lot of history and experience, and that will be an excellent resource for finding out how a family copes with and works out solutions, but just for that child. It will not be the best source for learning about the various kinds of autism spectrum disorders, or typically be a good source of information about what to do for the youngster you have in class with seventh chromosome damage.
These pointers are fairly obvious, but at the same time, you will want to use care in finding training that is worth your time and money.
Go to activity one.