Training and Education Services

Easter Seals Bay Area offers training and education services to parents of children with autism as well as professionals working with children affected by autism and related disabilities. We provide tools and training to facilitate successful and satisfying interactions and enhance learning and development. Board Certified Behavior Analyst supervision is available across our programs and service areas.

Training for Parents

Easter Seals Bay Area’s training and education services help parents understand their child’s specific challenges, abilities, and needs. Parents also learn to develop a set of critical, behaviorally-based parenting skills to help manage challenging behaviors and promote their child’s communication, interaction, and active participation in everyday activities.

Research has shown that teaching parents of children with autism how to provide developmental support is an essential component of any successful intervention program.  Parent training and education benefits children with autism by:

• Increasing communication skills
• Enhancing parent-child interaction
• Decreasing challenging behaviors
• Increasing generalization of skills to new people and settings

Parents and families also see positive effects, including reduced family stress, reduction in auxiliary services, and increased leisure time and recreational activities.

Training for Professionals

Easter Seals Bay Area’s training for professionals provides a practical, efficient, and effective approach to training and supporting educational teams serving children with autism spectrum disorders and related developmental challenges. 

Our professional training program helps education professionals implement autism best practices in their everyday teaching by using proven adult learning methods, including guided video review, facilitated activity planning, in-vivo demonstrations, and role-playing exercises.

Through Easter Seals Bay Area’s training program, education professionals learn to effectively:

• Implement evidence-based curriculum and teaching strategies to enhance the communication, social, and cognitive development of students with autism 
• Reflect on current teaching practices and build on existing knowledge, skills, and strengths
• Apply new skills and competencies with feedback
• Problem-solve challenging situations
• Understand and address challenging behaviors 
• Interact more effectively with children in daily activities and routines
• Enhance children’s participation, learning and development
• Improve student progress and educational outcomes

For more information about Easter Seals Bay Area's services visit our Services page or contact us.