Micro-Credentials Offered

Progressive Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT)

This micro-credential focuses on the application of Progressive Discrete Trial Teaching, an evidence-based instructional approach that emphasizes flexibility, responsiveness, and clinical judgment within structured discrete trials. Participants will learn how to move beyond rote implementation by individualizing instruction based on the learner’s performance, motivation, and contextual variables. Emphasis is placed on effective prompting strategies, systematic prompt fading, reinforcement delivery, and maintaining learner engagement while ensuring skill acquisition and generalization.

Cool Versus not Cool Procedure

This micro-credential provides training in the Cool Versus Not Cool Procedure, a structured method for teaching social discrimination skills. Participants will learn how to demonstrate and contrast appropriate (“cool”) and inappropriate (“not cool”) behaviors, guide learners in identifying key differences, and provide opportunities for practice with feedback. The approach emphasizes active learner participation, error correction, and reinforcement to promote meaningful understanding of social expectations across settings and individuals.

The Teaching Interaction Procedure

This micro-credential focuses on the Teaching Interaction Procedure, a comprehensive and systematic approach to teaching complex social, communication, and adaptive skills. Participants will learn how to effectively label and describe target skills, provide clear rationales, model both correct and incorrect examples, and engage learners in role-play practice with feedback. The procedure emphasizes fluency, generalization, and maintenance by ensuring learners can apply skills across a variety of real-world contexts.