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Online Autism Specialist Certificate

The Online Autism Specialist Certificate is 16 graduate credits.

• All credits count towards an MSE in Special Education through the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
• The program is fully online
• The online modules stress only evidenced-based interventions and courses go through an accreditation process called Quality Matters to ensure that the online access is as seamless as possible.
• Our department is accredited through both  National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
  
  

The courses are offered in the following rotation:

• SPECED 707 - Foundations of Autism (3 Cr.) - Summer
• COMDIS 683 - Augmentative Communication (3 Cr.) - Summer
• SPECED 609 - Non-violent Crisis Prevention (1 Cr.) - (You may have had CPI training or you may not be able to come to campus for the two days that this one-credit course is offered. If needed we can make a one credit substitution.)
• SPECED 708 - Methods of Autism (3 Cr.) - Summer
• SPECED 702 - Action Research (3 Cr.) - Fall
• SPECED 704 - Applied Action Research (3 Cr.) - Spring
  
  

Certificate Plan
Coordinator: Dr. Shannon Stuart, stuarts@uww.edu (262) 472-4877