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Children's Specialist 2 Assessment (2-Day)


Dates: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - Thursday, April 16, 2026 from 8:30 am - 4 pm MT (2 Days)
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Event Type: Certificate Assessment

Location: Brighton Resort (Alpine Rose Lodge, which is next to the Snowsports School and above the Brighton Center )
Brighton prioritizes parking for carpoolers. If you cannot carpool, you may want to park and ride from the base of the Big Cottonwood Canyon. More details can be found here https://brightonresort.com/parking

Host Division: Intermountain

Registration Information:
- Cost: $350.00
- CEUs: 12

Prerequisites: Current PSIA-AASI Membership, CS 2 quiz must be passed prior to registration, CS 2 workbook requirement, CS1 certification required, Certification level 2 in primary discipline, Professional Membership Required

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 11:59 pm MT


Online Registration: CLOSED

Offline Registration: Contact the division office.


Course Description:

Course Overview: The Children's Specialist 2 (CS2) is a 2-day interactive, assessment-based certificate event. The event covers teaching children of all ages from the beginner/novice through the advanced zones with an emphasis in working with EACH CHILD IN A GROUP as well as the group of children as a whole.


Course Learning Outcomes

The CS2 Learning Outcomes follow the Learning Connection Model's outline with children's specific criteria:


People Skills

  • Engages in developmentally appropriate communication to meet each child's needs, the group's needs and the needs of the parents.
  • Manages intrapersonal and interpersonal situations with each child, the group of children as a whole and their parents in a developmentally appropriate manner.


Teaching Skills

  • Uses provided information about children and parents to plan agreed upon learning experiences through the advanced zone.
  • Delivers individualized learning experiences that have developmentally realistic outcomes.


Technical Skills

  • Identifies & compares distinct characteristics of cognitive, affective, and physical growth, including psychomotor development for individual children, relative to snowsports, through the advanced zone.
  • Prioritizes and individualizes cause and effect relationships influenced by child growth, stages of psychomotor development and equipment options and prescribes solutions for multiple fundamentals through the advanced zone.




Additional Event Details:
You may not register for multiple dates for the same exam; we will remove all but your most recent registration for the same exam type.