Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at USF

Department of Child and Family Studies :: Florida Mental Health Institute :: University of South Florida

Parents with Teen

What is Technical Assistance?
Technical Assistance is a service, provided by CARD, to schools and agencies, which have direct interaction with individuals on the autism spectrum. The focus of technical assistance is on building capacity with a teacher and/or team around an entire classroom issue or concern. Technical Assistance does not focus on an individual student.

If your concern/request is in regards to a specific student/child, who is currently a CARD constituent, please contact the child's CARD Consultant for Direct Assistance services. If the child is not a CARD constituent, the child's parents would need to register with CARD before services would be provided.

If you would like to schedule technical assistance please click on the link at the end of this page to bring up the request form.

What is Training?
Training is provided by CARD to schools, agencies, and parent support groups on topics of importance to those involved with individuals with autism and other related disabilities. The focus of training is on awareness, skill development and enhancement, systems change, and capacity building.

If you would like to schedule training, please click on the link at the end of this page to bring up the request form.

Online Request Forms

When the form has been successfully submitted you should receive a response that says it has been accepted and someone will contact you within 10 days. If you do not receive an acceptance response, send an email to card-usf@fmhi.usf.edu
and let us know so we can verify that the form came through.

Just to be on the safe side, you may want to print a copy of the filled out form before hitting the submit button, in the event that there is a computer glitch. That way you can fax the printed form to us at 813-974-6115 if there is a problem.

Technical Assistance :: Training Request

If your concern/request is about a specific individual or issue rather than about training for a group, you may call 813-974-2532 for further information on services that might be available for the individual.