Course Overview

AITP is a nine-month, part-time certificate course for professionals working in clinics, rehabilitation centers, schools, communities and other organizations working with children with ASD. It is now being provided in a hybrid mode with live demonstration of strategies and opportunities for practice to enable more professionals outside Mumbai to participate and benefit.

Highlights:
Training professionals to work on communication, social skills, play and behaviours in children with ASD between ages of 1-12 years using a combination of evidence-based strategies.
Providing post-training supervision and support to apply these strategies within their practice.

Objectives:
By end of nine months, the professional will develop skills required to:
Understand how ASD affects typical development from birth to 12 years
Assess child development in areas of attention, communication, social skills, play and behaviours
Formulate intervention plans
Learn about principles of evidence-based interventions like ABA, PRT, Floor time and TEACCH, among others
Work collaboratively with families and other professionals involved in the child’s care

AITP is divided into four full time teaching modules along with eight hybrid supervision sessions to support the participants in implementation of concepts. Each module focusses on working with children with ASD in different age groups.

The didactic is delivered as modules through a combination of self-study and interactive lectures, video demonstrations and hybrid mocks. After every module, participants are expected to complete self-paced assignments. It is mandatory for participants to apply learnt strategies with at least three children with ASD in their practice on a regular basis and discuss learnings and challenges during supervision sessions. Each professional will have to present their work based on one-two selected cases they have worked with during the final case discussion to demonstrate understanding and application of learnt concepts.