POPARD
Provincial Outreach Program for Autism and Related Disorders

We provide consultation, training and support services to all public and independent schools across the province of British Columbia with a primary focus on increasing the capacity of school district staff to support students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) 

The POPARD team will provide leadership in collaboration with educators who request support for children and youth with ASD. Collaboration will promote meaningful consultation with parents and community teams. POPARD will promote a wide range of evidence-based practice approaches that will facilitate inclusive educational programs in the least restrictive environment.

The purpose of our website is to provide teachers, para-professionals, and parents with information about ASD.

What's New?

Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders, Practical Applications

Okanagan College, Vernon, BC
On 5 Saturdays: May 1, 8, 15, 29 and June 5, 2010
Total Fees $772.25
Click to register through Okanagan College

National Autism Center - Educator Manual

The National Autism Center (US) has released The Evidence-Based Practice and Autism in the Schools Educator Manual.
Click here to download the manual.

eLearning Lessons

New lessons include stories about a former Oak Bay High student and a parent of an child with ASD, and an interview with Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Dr. VIkram Dua.

Emergency Plans Workshop, Pt.1: Behavioural Emergency Plans

NEW Releases to POPARD's Handout Series

NEW POPARD Handouts Curriculum Adaptations, Work Systems, Sensory Dysfunction and Theory of Mind are the next in a series of Handouts designed by POPARD.

Why use Visual Schedules? What's Theory of Mind? How should Work Systems be implemented? POPARD's new Handout Series are concise and visual tools that will assist your ASD student achieve success in your classroom.

Now, POPARD has released 4 more handouts to the first two presented in September, 2009. These newest topics include Curriculum Adaptations, Work Systems, Theory of Mind and Sensory Dysfunction.

Course Calendar

POPARD Training

Course dates for training in Delta during the 2010 school year have now been posted on our course calendar.

Functional Curriculum CDs

Functional Curriculum CD CoverThe Functional Curriculum was developed by teachers and teaching assistants of PRPARD to meet the needs of students requiring extensive interventions

Functional Curriculum CD

The Provincial Resource Program for Autism and Related Disorders (PRPARD) is an educational organization based in British Columbia, Canada. Funded by the British Columbia Ministry of Education, the program consists of two components: PRPARD, which provides high school and off-campus school classrooms for students with autism spectrum disorders, and POPARD, which provides outreach consultation and support services to BC school districts and independent schools serving children on the autism spectrum.
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