Admission Requirements
Candidates for the Autism Endorsement Certificate Program must have an existing initial or professional teaching license and a minimum of three credits in special education, or possession of an initial or professional license as Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities, Teachers of Students with Severe Disabilities, Teacher of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, or Teacher of the Visually Impaired. Qualifications for endorsement by the DESE requires a pre-existing teaching license from which the autism endorsement program may be added.