POPARD can provide program consultation to an itinerant or school-based resource teacher that occurs over two or more days. Program consultation may include such topics as: case management, supporting students who are integrated in regular classrooms, demonstrating how to adapt and modify regular Ed curriculum to support inclusion, creating IEPs, providing effective consultation, advocating for students, working effectively with parents, etc. For a program consult to occur, there must be more than one student with Autism on the caseload of the itinerant or school-based resource teacher.
POPARD’s model of consultation includes 3 phases: