Karen D. Bopp is serving a 4-year term as CIRCA’s Director of Provincial Outreach. She started her career as a Speech-Language Pathologist has worked extensively with children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families for over 25 years. She completed a PhD and a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at UBC, where she examined the relationships between problem behaviors, maternal stress, and developmental outcomes in children with ASD. In 2008, Karen joined the Children and Youth with Special Needs Policy team in the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) where she served for 10 years in the positions of Senior Behaviour Consultant, Autism Policy Lead and, most recently, Director of Autism Information Services BC. At MCFD, Karen led the Cross-Ministry Autism Services and Supports Review; developed the Autism Outreach program; served on the Planning/Steering Committee for the Pacific Autism Family Network (PAFN); and provided clinical consultation to children and youth with complex care needs across the province.
