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Hi everyone. I am a qualified school counselor with international experience. I do not hold any teaching certification or qualification.
I hold BSc and MSc in Psychology and Counseling.

I am thinking of expanding my job search for the next year and doing teaching certificate online through American Board for Teachers Certification. I would like to do Special Education Cert through them, the international one (not state specific).

From what it says on the website I would be qualified to work as a Special Ed teacher elementary to high school, but also as elementary homeroom teacher. These would be the roles that I would like to apply to, with the strong preference in working in elementary.

I want to apply to South East Asia countries like China, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines. Do you have any information if these countries accept online teaching qualification? Especially for elementary homeroom teacher and elementary Spec Ed positions? And if so, is the certificate I mentioned sufficient? TIA

(I am not American in case it's relevant re cert)

The program you describe is just a pretty certificate by ABCTE, its not a credential and may not (likely wont) meet the needs you are wanting. It wont qualify you for anything more than your current qualifications already do. Its not any better than what you already have. You may as well look into the CTC (Counselor Training Center) certification program offered by PTC (though it will have a much higher cost, about USD$8K).

Many countries accept online teaching qualifications, though online credentials isnt really a thing (except in cases such as a PGCEi or iQTS), there are some that dont accept online qualifications or credentials. As I wrote in your other post, if you want an actual credential than either pursue one of the ABCTE state DOE pathways or look at the MA provisional route if you want fast and inexpensive, otherwise one of the QTS pathways.