Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders

TRIAD Autism Training Events 2024-2025

TRIAD Autism is thrilled to announce the training events for the 2024-2025 school year! Registration links are included below for all open events. You can also sign up to receive priority registration for future events. Those who sign up will be emailed as soon as registration for each event opens. Please help us spread the word and encourage your teachers and staff to sign up early. We look forward to connecting with you soon. For a description of the events listed below, please click on the registration link.

TRIAD Autism Regional Workshops

  • TRIAD Autism Workshop: Increasing Academic Engagement for All. Register now!
    Date and Location: April 8 in in West TN from 8:30 a.m to 3:30 p.m.
    Audience: General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers
  • Summer 2025 TRIAD Autism School Leadership Academy (TSLA) / Administrator Workshop Registration Register now!
    Dates and Locations: June 2 (Jackson); June 6 (Knoxville); June 13 (Nashville). All workshops are from 8:30 a.m to 3:30 p.m.

TRIAD Autism Webinars

  • TRIAD Autism Webinar: Navigating Resources for Cognitive Behavioral/ Instructional Strategies (CBISs) for Autistic Learners. Register now!
    Date: March 5. The webinar is from 2:30-3:30 p.m. CST
    Audience: All

TRIAD Autism Self-Guided PD Courses

TRIAD offers self-guided online coursework that is designed to provide flexible and convenient professional development opportunities that fit your busy schedule. With a wide range of topics and courses to choose from, you can enhance your skills and knowledge in areas such as classroom management, evidence-based practices, increasing engagement, communication, transition planning, and more! Once enrolled into the course you will have three months to complete all the content and assignments within it. Two of our courses offer a 30-minute consult with one of TRIAD’s educational consultants if needed. Once all the coursework is completed you will receive a certificate of completion with PD hours listed. Learn more about and enroll in the courses listed below.

  • A Leader’s Guide to Increasing Engagement for Autistic Learners
  • Autism Transition Facilitator
  • Communication and Autism
  • Evidence-Based Practices for Autistic Students: Foundational Overview
  • Paraeducator
  • Social and Personal Competencies

Sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Education, through the Tennessee Technical Assistance Network (TN-TAN) and available at no cost to LEAs in Tennessee.


 
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TRIAD is a proud member of the Tennessee Technical Assistance Network (TN-TAN) through the Tennessee Department of Education. TRIAD, the autism institute at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, provides training, consultation, and coaching services for supporting educators and developing school and system-wide supports to address needs specific to autistic students, Pre-K-12.

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