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Access Programs For People With Disabilities (APPD)

This is a list of the Access Programs For People With Disabilities (APPD) courses available at KPU.

Enrolment in some sections of these courses is restricted to students in particular programs. See the Course Planner - kpu.ca/registration/timetables - for current information about individual courses.

For information about transfer of credit amongst institutions in B.C. and to see how individual courses transfer, go to the BC Transfer Guide bctransferguide.ca

APPD 00210 Credits

Work Exploration

Students will explore work and continuous learning opportunities. They will increase independence in campus, community and work settings. Students will also develop essential skills through participation in a combination of employment-oriented classroom instruction and monitored work experience. NOTE: The target audience for APPD programs is graduates of a secondary school or mature students with permanent disabilities or combinations of learning difficulties that hinder their scholastic success.

APPD 00310 Credits

Job Preparation

Students will investigate and prepare for future work and academic opportunities. They will identify options for involvement in campus, community and work settings. Students will build essential skills through a combination of employment-oriented classroom instruction and monitored work experience. NOTE: The target audience for APPD programs is graduates of a secondary school and mature students with permanent disabilities or combinations of learning difficulties that hinder scholastic success.

APPD 00410 Credits

Strategies for Employment

Students will reflect on and integrate their experiences in either APPD 0021 (Work Exploration) or APPD 0031 (Job Preparation) in order to complete a portfolio and conduct an independent or supported job search project. They will demonstrate essential skills on a monitored work experience. NOTE: This course has three weeks of class and four weeks of work experience.

Prerequisites: APPD 0021 or APPD 0031

APPD 02100 Credits

Vocational Skills Training: Childcare Aide

Students with various disabilities will explore vocational opportunities in the childcare field by combining classroom instruction with participation in monitored work-experience placements in childcare facilities, while supported by APPD Vocational Skills Training staff. They will prepare to qualify for the "responsible adult" designation as defined in the Child Care Facility Act. The Family Childcare Program is a corequisite for this program.

Co-requisites: CHLD,CTFC: all components of Family Childcare Program

APPD 02200 Credits

Vocational Skills Training: Automotive Assistant

Students with various disabilities will acquire basic skills and knowledge for working as an automotive assistant by participating in training programs at Kwantlen and other selected sites, while supported by APPD Vocational Skills Training staff. They will also explore vocational opportunities by combining vocational-related classroom and shop instruction with participation in monitored work experience placements. Students must register half-time in the Automotive Service Technician Program and complete assigned modules.

Prerequisites: Drivers Licence: Class 7 (novice) minimum

APPD 02300 Credits

Vocational Skills Training: Clerical Assistant

Students with disabilities will acquire basic skills and knowledge for working in the field of business technology. They will explore vocational opportunities by combining vocational-related classroom instruction with participation in monitored work-experience placements in various businesses, while being supported by APPD Vocational Skills Training staff.

Co-requisites: Any two of the following: BUSI 1215, CBSY 1105, CMNS 1140, LGLA 1115, LGLA 1135 or LGLA 1145.

APPD 02500 Credits

Vocational Skills Training: Food Services Assistant

Students with various disabilities will acquire basic skills and knowledge for working in the food services industry by participating in training programs at selected sites, while supported by APPD Vocational Skills Training staff. They will also explore vocational opportunities by combining vocational-related classroom instruction with participation in monitored work experience placements.

APPD 03100 Credits

Vocational Skills Training: Early Childhood Educator Assistant

Students with disabilities will explore advanced vocational opportunities in the childcare field by combining classroom instruction with participation in monitored work-experience placements in childcare facilities, while supported by APPD Vocational Skills Training staff. They will prepare to qualify for the designation of Early Childhood Educator Assistant as defined in the Community Care and Assisted Living Act.

Prerequisites: APPD 0210

Co-requisites: From a training institution currently listed in the "Recognized Early Childhood Education Training Institutions" at http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/early-learning/teach/training-and-professional-development/become-an-early-childhood-educator/recognized-ece-institutions: Child Growth and Development, or Health, Safety and Nutrition, or Child Guidance.

Last Updated: 14-Jun-2016

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