Arizona Statewide Autism Project:
Upcoming Professional Development Trainings
Workshops for Arizona educators supporting students with autism, organized by grade band. Choose Pre-K/Primary for STAR Program content or Secondary for the Links Curriculum — plus coaching, paraprofessional, and administrator sessions available to both.
September 3, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
2-Day STAR Comprehensive Workshop
Detailed examples and practice with discrete trial training, pivotal response training, and functional routines in the STAR Program.
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM MST
September 8, 2025
Secondary
2-Day Links Comprehensive Workshop
Assessing and teaching functional routines for secondary students using the Links Curriculum, with visual supports and modeling.
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM MST
September 16, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
1-Day STAR Consistency of Implementation Workshop
A fidelity review of STAR Program instructional strategies and data collection, for teams who have attended the two-day workshop.
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM MST
September 17, 2025
Secondary
1-Day Links Consistency of Implementation Workshop
A fidelity review of Links instructional strategies, with hands-on practice in discrete trial training and functional routines.
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM MST
September 23, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
Making Inclusion Powerful Training - September 23 (Pre-K/Primary)
Evidence-based inclusive practices with STAR and Links: pre-teaching skills, self-management supports, and meaningful inclusion.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
September 23, 2025
Secondary
Making Inclusion Powerful Training - September 23 (Secondary)
Evidence-based inclusive practices with STAR and Links: pre-teaching skills, self-management supports, and meaningful inclusion.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
October 21, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Discrete Trial Training (Pre-K/Primary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
October 21, 2025
Secondary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Discrete Trial Training (Secondary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
October 23, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Pivotal Response Training (Pre-K/Primary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
October 23, 2025
Secondary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Pivotal Response Training (Secondary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
October 28, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
Local Coach Workshop - October 28 (Pre-K/Primary)
Train certified district staff to coach others in STAR and Links, working toward a STAR or Links Coach certificate from SAS.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
October 28, 2025
Secondary
Local Coach Workshop - October 28 (Secondary)
Train certified district staff to coach others in STAR and Links, working toward a STAR or Links Coach certificate from SAS.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
November 4, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Functional Routines (Pre-K/Primary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
November 4, 2025
Secondary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Functional Routines (Secondary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
November 11, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
Administrator Training - November 11 (Pre-K/Primary)
An administrator's overview of evidence-based practices, classroom arrangement, and what to look for in ASD classrooms.
4:00 – 5:00 PM MST
November 11, 2025
Secondary
Administrator Training - November 11 (Secondary)
An administrator's overview of evidence-based practices, classroom arrangement, and what to look for in ASD classrooms.
4:00 – 5:00 PM MST
January 20, 2026
Pre-K/Primary
Making Inclusion Powerful Training - January 20 (Pre-K/Primary)
Evidence-based inclusive practices with STAR and Links: pre-teaching skills, self-management supports, and meaningful inclusion.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
January 20, 2026
Secondary
Making Inclusion Powerful Training - January 20 (Secondary)
Evidence-based inclusive practices with STAR and Links: pre-teaching skills, self-management supports, and meaningful inclusion.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
January 22, 2026
Pre-K/Primary
Early Childhood Learning Workshop - Part 1
For preschool, childcare, and quality first coaches: learning characteristics, behavioral strategies, and social language activities.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
January 27, 2026
Secondary
Transition Training Series - Session 1: Developing Meaningful Transition Plans for Life Beyond School
Create student-centered transition plans aligned to post-secondary goals, with measurable IEP goals drawn from the Links Curriculum.
2:30 – 3:30 PM MST
February 3, 2026
Pre-K/Primary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Combo (Pre-K/Primary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
February 3, 2026
Secondary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Combo (Secondary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
February 10, 2026
Pre-K/Primary
Local Coach Workshop - February 10 (Pre-K/Primary)
Train certified district staff to coach others in STAR and Links, working toward a STAR or Links Coach certificate from SAS.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
February 10, 2026
Secondary
Local Coach Workshop - February 10 (Secondary)
Train certified district staff to coach others in STAR and Links, working toward a STAR or Links Coach certificate from SAS.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
September 3, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
2-Day STAR Comprehensive Workshop
Detailed examples and practice with discrete trial training, pivotal response training, and functional routines in the STAR Program.
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM MST
September 16, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
1-Day STAR Consistency of Implementation Workshop
A fidelity review of STAR Program instructional strategies and data collection, for teams who have attended the two-day workshop.
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM MST
September 23, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
Making Inclusion Powerful Training - September 23 (Pre-K/Primary)
Evidence-based inclusive practices with STAR and Links: pre-teaching skills, self-management supports, and meaningful inclusion.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
October 21, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Discrete Trial Training (Pre-K/Primary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
October 23, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Pivotal Response Training (Pre-K/Primary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
October 28, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
Local Coach Workshop - October 28 (Pre-K/Primary)
Train certified district staff to coach others in STAR and Links, working toward a STAR or Links Coach certificate from SAS.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
November 4, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Functional Routines (Pre-K/Primary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
November 11, 2025
Pre-K/Primary
Administrator Training - November 11 (Pre-K/Primary)
An administrator's overview of evidence-based practices, classroom arrangement, and what to look for in ASD classrooms.
4:00 – 5:00 PM MST
January 20, 2026
Pre-K/Primary
Making Inclusion Powerful Training - January 20 (Pre-K/Primary)
Evidence-based inclusive practices with STAR and Links: pre-teaching skills, self-management supports, and meaningful inclusion.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
January 22, 2026
Pre-K/Primary
Early Childhood Learning Workshop - Part 1
For preschool, childcare, and quality first coaches: learning characteristics, behavioral strategies, and social language activities.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
February 3, 2026
Pre-K/Primary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Combo (Pre-K/Primary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
February 10, 2026
Pre-K/Primary
Local Coach Workshop - February 10 (Pre-K/Primary)
Train certified district staff to coach others in STAR and Links, working toward a STAR or Links Coach certificate from SAS.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
September 8, 2025
Secondary
2-Day Links Comprehensive Workshop
Assessing and teaching functional routines for secondary students using the Links Curriculum, with visual supports and modeling.
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM MST
September 17, 2025
Secondary
1-Day Links Consistency of Implementation Workshop
A fidelity review of Links instructional strategies, with hands-on practice in discrete trial training and functional routines.
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM MST
September 23, 2025
Secondary
Making Inclusion Powerful Training - September 23 (Secondary)
Evidence-based inclusive practices with STAR and Links: pre-teaching skills, self-management supports, and meaningful inclusion.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
October 21, 2025
Secondary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Discrete Trial Training (Secondary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
October 23, 2025
Secondary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Pivotal Response Training (Secondary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
October 28, 2025
Secondary
Local Coach Workshop - October 28 (Secondary)
Train certified district staff to coach others in STAR and Links, working toward a STAR or Links Coach certificate from SAS.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
November 4, 2025
Secondary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Functional Routines (Secondary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
November 11, 2025
Secondary
Administrator Training - November 11 (Secondary)
An administrator's overview of evidence-based practices, classroom arrangement, and what to look for in ASD classrooms.
4:00 – 5:00 PM MST
January 20, 2026
Secondary
Making Inclusion Powerful Training - January 20 (Secondary)
Evidence-based inclusive practices with STAR and Links: pre-teaching skills, self-management supports, and meaningful inclusion.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
January 27, 2026
Secondary
Transition Training Series - Session 1: Developing Meaningful Transition Plans for Life Beyond School
Create student-centered transition plans aligned to post-secondary goals, with measurable IEP goals drawn from the Links Curriculum.
2:30 – 3:30 PM MST
February 3, 2026
Secondary
Paraprofessional Training Series - Combo (Secondary)
Key strategies for paraprofessionals implementing STAR and Links lessons, plus behavior principles for assessing challenging behavior.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
February 10, 2026
Secondary
Local Coach Workshop - February 10 (Secondary)
Train certified district staff to coach others in STAR and Links, working toward a STAR or Links Coach certificate from SAS.
3:30 – 5:00 PM MST
Each month you'll receive:
Free, ready-to-use classroom resources
Expert tips and implementation strategies
Practical ideas to increase student engagement and learning