Who This Course Is For

This course is suitable for:

  • Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs / IBA / QBA)

  • Assistant Behavior Analysts and Supervisors

  • ABA therapists, IBTs, ABATs, and RBTs

  • Early intervention and special education professionals

  • Parents and caregivers seeking structured, practical guidance

  • Pediatric support staff and allied health professionals

What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand key developmental milestones across communication, social, cognitive, and motor domains

  • Recognize early signs associated with autism while respecting developmental variability

  • Differentiate between developmental delay, difference, and disorder

  • Identify when concerns warrant further screening or referral

  • Avoid common misconceptions and overgeneralizations about autism

  • Support early identification while maintaining ethical and emotional sensitivity

How This Course Is Different

This course goes beyond milestone charts and checklists.

  • Focuses on understanding, not diagnosing

  • Emphasizes developmental context over rigid timelines

  • Integrates autism awareness without fear‑based messaging

  • Uses realistic examples rather than textbook generalizations

  • Designed to support ethical early identification, not labeling

Course curriculum

    1. Child Development and Autism

About this course

  • 44.00 د.إ
  • 1 lesson
  • 1 hour of video content
  • 1 IBAO CEU

Course Author & Clinical Supervisor

Professional Advisory Board Member IBAO UAE & Azerbaijan

M.Ed., BCBA, IBA, CDA Bahij Khouzami

Bahij Khouzami is a CDA-licensed Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and International Behavior Analyst (IBA) with a master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis and a specialization in autism. He is the founder of Autism Intervention Specialists (AIS) in Dubai, leading evidence-based services across home, clinic, school, and community settings. As an Approved Course and CEU Provider, he trains and supervises RBT, IBT, and ABAT candidates, has delivered the 40-hour IBT/ABAT curriculum, and has supported 300+ trainees through supervised practice, mentorship, and ongoing supervision. He also serves on the IBAO Professional Advisory Board and contributes to regional certification and exam translation initiatives.

Support children with knowledge that empowers—not alarms.

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