School Autism Specialists (SAS) are educators that work directly with students and are responsible for their programming. This is a new designation by Project ACCESS and the first cohort of SASs will begin training in the fall of 2018. By the time they have earned the designation, SASs will have completed a rigorous schedule of training in evidence-based interventions, documented mastery of knowledge and skills through presentation of portfolio artifacts aligned to competencies, and experienced in-classroom coaching by experts in the field. While not necessarily being designated a school autism consultant, SASs nonetheless can be considered to be experts in providing educational services to students on the autism spectrum. More information about the SAS program is available on our website’s SAS Frequently Asked Questions page. We will soon be accepting SAS Interest Forms from Missouri schools that are interested in the SAS professional development program. We will keep the Interest Forms in our database and, when Project ACCESS is ready to accept candidate applications, notifications will be sent out.
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