Welcome/Overview
This handbook is meant to serve as a basic resource and guide and a place to organize information from various trainings.
What is the binder or the Special Education Paraprofessional Handbook?
A person whose behavior, example, or success serves as a model to be emulated by others, especially by younger people.
What is a role model.
This is a key expectation related to timeliness.
What is being punctual?
These are additional supports students sometimes need to complete tasks and activities.
What are prompts?
All student information is this.
What is confidential?
These individuals are the Special Education Advisors.
Who is Bernice Pirtle, Jennifer Ballard, and Seab Thomas?
One responsibility is to supervise students during these specific times throughout the school day.
What are arrival, transition, lunch, restroom breaks, recess, and elective/activity classes per IEP, and dismissal?
When monitoring and working with students, these devices should not be used, or visible.
What are cell phones?
An example of a fading prompt is this.
What is hand over hand, modeling, or verbal prompting?
Failure to comply with confidentiality policies can result in these two types of actions.
What are disciplinary action and legal liability?
This role has a "critical role in the educational process."
What is a support staff member or paraprofessional?
Paraprofessionals may keep routine records related to these.
What are attendance, grades, or progress monitoring?
Cell phones should only be used during this time.
What is lunch/break time?
The district uses various types of these, and detailed information should be sought from the teacher/supervisor.
What are reward systems?
Success in the learning process is dependent upon staff establishing and maintaining good lines of this.
What is daily communication?
The Special Education Paraprofessional Handbook cites this person for the quote "Alone we can do so little, TOGETHER we can do so much."
Who is Helen Keller?
Paraprofessionals assist students with all aspects of toileting, which may include these actions.
What are diapering, and lifting on and off the toilet and changing tables?
Communication with parents should only come from this person, unless directed otherwise.
Who is the classroom teacher?
This is used daily to encourage learning and shape behavioral learning in students.
What is positive reinforcement?
Communication with students and staff goes beyond verbal interaction and includes this.
What is nonverbal interaction?
You are considered part of this "Team" for a fantastic year.
What is the Special Education Team?
To promote the success of any special education program, this approach is implemented by all personnel who support students with disabilities under the teacher's direction.
What is a team approach?
This activity is not allowed while actively engaged with students.
What is sleeping?
We should all adhere to these daily.
What are schedules/consistency?
If you are having difficulty communicating with your assigned teacher, you should seek mediation with these individuals.
Who are your principal or LEA representative?