Innovative Resources for Instructional Success (IRIS)

The IRIS Center is a national center dedicated to improving education outcomes for all children, especially those with disabilities birth through age twenty-one, through the use of effective evidence-based practices and interventions. The center provides training modules on best practices and evidenced best strategies for teaching.

Autism Internet Modules (AIM)

AIM is designed to provide high-quality information and professional development for anyone who supports, instructs, works with, or lives with someone with autism. Each module guides you through case studies, instructional videos, pre- and post-assessments, a glossary, and much more. AIM modules are available at no cost. If you would like to receive credit for your time on AIM, certificate and credit options are available for a fee.

The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder

The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder provides modules of training on evidence-based practices, which are shown by researchers to be the most effective autism intervention.

Autism Center for Excellence 

Courses, seminars, webcasts and 5-minute "how-to" videos on evidence-based practices.

High-Leverage Practices

The Collaboration for Effective Educator Development (CEEDAR) and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) identified a set of high-leverage practices (HLPs) for students with disabilities. These are 22 teaching practices, organized into four domains, that cross content areas, age, and disability to increase the effectiveness of instruction. This links to video examples of some of the HLPs and more videos and resources are being added. 

Many more centers are creating modules related to these evidenced-based practices THAT WORK and can be used in catechetical settings! If you know of more resources that we can add to this list, please let us know!