How to Incorporate Fluency-Based Instruction in Your Classroom POPARD Virtual Half-Day Workshop
November 30, 2026 12:30pm-3:30pm (Pacific Time) (for BC School Employees Only)
Autism spectrum disorder is a disability characterized by deficits in social communication and social interaction and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior or activities. Individuals with ASD have a variety of learning characteristics that can provide challenges to teachers within the classroom. Fluency-based instruction is a teaching model that encourages educators to teach specific elements of behavior in repetition until the behavior becomes fluent and mastered. When a skill is fluent, that skill is retained, applied, stable, and endures.
Research has shown that incorporating fluency-based strategies can help teachers enhance educational outcomes for students with autism. For example, fluency acts as a bridge between reading a story (decoding) and understanding the story (comprehension). When a student is unable to read the passage fluently, they will most likely need to go back and reread the passage and don’t have the ability to pay attention to what the text means. With fluent readers, they are able to recognize words and comprehend at the same time.
Some fluency programs suitable for elementary instruction that will be discussed in this workshop include: Headsprout, Language for Learning, Reading Mastery, Mathletics, Typing Club, and Keyboard – Learning Without Tears.
About this Workshop:
This workshop will be delivered live online via Zoom.
Please note: This training is presented live and includes group discussion activities. Due to the interactive nature of the session, no on-demand or recorded option will be available.
The Zoom link will be included in your registration confirmation email. If you do not receive the email, please check your junk/spam folder.
This workshop is exclusively available to employees of BC public, First Nations, and independent schools.
There is no cost to attend this workshop.
Certificates of completion are issued by email after the workshop evaluation form has been submitted and are typically sent within five business days.
Participants requiring accommodations due to a disability are encouraged to review the Accommodations For Participants With Disabilities section at the bottom of our Course Policies and Terms page and contact us if additional support is needed.
When November 30, 2026 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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