Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Autism and Behavioural Science

George Brown Polytechnic

The Autism and Behavioural Science (Postgraduate) program focuses on autism spectrum disorders and therapies, mainly applied behaviour analysis (ABA), with a primary application for children and adolescents. You will gain practical experience working with treatment teams. The one-year Autism and Behavioural Science (Postgraduate) (C405) program was developed in response to the growing public concern about services for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).It was designed to deepen the expertise in the field of autism and behavioural sciences for application within the children’s sector and simultaneously create a pool of qualified individuals to meet the needs of service agencies that provide autism or children’s services.This program enables graduates with university degrees and graduates of early childhood education, social service worker, child and youth care, developmental service worker and similar programs to acquire the specialized skills and expertise they need to work with individuals with a diagnosis of autism.