Supporting Individuals with ASD to Reach Full Potential in Employment Opportunities POPARD Virtual Half-Day Workshop
April 11, 2025 12:30pm-3:30pm (Pacific Time) (for BC School Employees Only)
This three-hour workshop will target supporting individuals with ASD to reach their full potential in employment opportunities. The workshop will target prerequisite skills that the school system can emphasize in the curriculum for these individuals to reach success in employment opportunities. This workshop will highlight how the school systems can plan for preparation in employment opportunities, teach transitional skills before leaving the school system, review vocational training and opportunities for employment, a guide for transitioning into adulthood, and general information and ways to support coworkers/employers who may be working with the individual with ASD in understanding their strengths and weaknesses and how they may apply to that workplace setting.
The learning outcomes for this workshop include:
Teaching how core related skills to acquire a job
Discussing life skills and social skills required
Providing strategies for general knowledge of ASD and customizing strategies and tools to the workplace
Providing suggestions and tips for a positive work environment
Working on transitional skills into adulthood and vocational opportunities to seek out employment opportunities
Preparing the school system to develop curriculum based on teaching these skills
Audience: This workshop is for employees of BC School Districts, BC First Nations Schools and BC Independent Schools.
About this Workshop:
The Zoom link for this session will be included in your confirmation email (if you don't see your confirmation email, check your junk/spam folder)
This workshop is exclusively for employees of BC public, First Nations, and independent schools
This workshop is FREE
This workshop will be presented virtually via Zoom
When April 11, 2025 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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