Personal Planner and Training Guide for the Paraprofessional

The Personal Planner & Training Guide for the ParaEducator includes numerous tips, strategies, and forms which allow each para to keep track of vital information he or she will need in working with specific teachers and their special students. The three-hole binder format allows for ease of use plus the addition of notes and information that each para may wish to keep for reference.

This useful 140-page guide includes proven tips and strategies to help the paraeducator work effectively with.

THE REGULAR CLASSROOM TEACHER:

• Understanding and dealing with the difference between a para's official supervisor (usually a special education teacher, Title I teacher, or other specialty teacher) and his or her immediate supervisor (the classroom teacher).
• Realizing that a para should work with any and all children in a class, even if his or her main role is to work with a set of targeted students.
• Respecting confidentiality and knowing how to diplomatically handle situations that might compromise confidentiality.
• Understanding and performing the specific roles and duties of the paraeducator in the classroom.

STUDENTS:

• Helping special students without "enabling" them.
• Knowing when and how much to modify lessons.
• Assessing how special students compare with regular students in the same class so that appropriate instructional activities can be identified.
• Reading and interpreting an IEP to understand what the goals and objectives are for special students, and knowing whom to contact if the goals and objectives have not been written down.
• Arriving at adaptation/modification options for special needs children.
• Managing the classroom effectively.
• Understanding areas of exceptionality and general instructional strategies to use with each, including:
  1. Speech/language disorders
  2. Emotional/Behavior disorders
  3. Visual impairments
  4. Learning disabilities
  5. Hearing impairments
  6. Physical disabilities and health impairments
  7. Mental retardation
  8. Traumatic brain injury
  9. Autism
  10. Attention problems and hyperactivity (ADD/ADHD)
  11. Gifted and talented

Companion Book for:

The Training Video Series for the Paraprofessional Wendy Dover

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