This online, self-paced AFIRM module is designed for professionals who support autistic learners and their families across a variety of learning environments.

What You’ll Learn:
- Learn the basics of Structured Play Groups
- Plan for, implement, and monitor this Structured Play Groups
- Discover how small group activities characterized by their occurrences in a defined area and with a defined activity, the specific selection of typically developing peers to be in the group, a clear delineation of theme and roles by adult leading, prompting, or scaffolding as needed to support students' performance related to the goals of the activity.
- This practice is included with Peer-Based Instruction & Intervention in the 2020 NCAEP EBP Report, which is an intervention in which peers directly promote autistic children’s social interactions and/or other individual learning goals, or the teacher/other adult organizes the social context (e.g. play groups, social network groups, recess) and when necessary provides support (e.g., prompts, reinforcement) to the autistic children and their peer to engage in social interactions.

Requirements for CE Certificate:
- Computer with reliable high-speed internet
- Recommended: Completion of the Peer-Based Instruction & Intervention module prior to this course
- Complete all module content
- Score 70% or higher on the post-assessment
- Complete the module evaluation survey
- Professionals: RBT, BCaBA, BCBA, or BCBA-D. Type-II CEs can only be issued to BCBAs listed in the BACB Certificant Registry.

Important Registration Information:
- Registration fees are non-refundable
- Payment accepted by VISA or MasterCard only
- If you accessed this course through the UNC Event Registration System, you must complete the module on the AFIRM website before submitting payment for 2 CEs through UNC.
- A full legal name, valid email address, and BCBA membership number are required.

CE certificates will be emailed within 45 days after payment is received and completion requirements are verified.