CREDENTIALING INFORMATION
revised 02/08/2010

• The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) issued some information over the summer that has the potential to affect any and all members who teach special education students with autism.
• BHEA is working closely with CTA to synthesize the CTC information.  Upon synthesis, BHEA will issue suggestions to all of our affected members on how to deal with the potential changes to your working conditions that may arise from this CTC information.
• In the meantime, BHEA encourages you to review the official CTC information released thus far and to stay informed.
• As of right now, there appear to be two pathways to autism authorization, one being more intensive than the other.
• Click to download the CTC information packet that discusses the more INTENSIVE pathway to autism authorization.
• Click to download the CTC information packet that discusses the ALTERNATIVE pathway to autism authorization.  Please note that this option is only a temporary solution.  The latest information that BHEA has received from CTA indicates that all special education teachers who are not credentialed to teach special education students with autism will need to attain additional coursework via the intensive route above once universities have programs in place.