Paraprofessionals play a vital role in both general and special education classrooms. It is however, important to distinguish the roles and responsibilities of a paraprofessional who is assigned to a classroom for support of multiple or even all students from those of a paraprofessional who is assigned to an individual student within the classroom, as required by that student’s IEP. While a classroom paraprofessional is able to assist with general classroom routines and assist all students within a classroom, a paraprofessional who is required to provide 1:1 support for a specific student, as mandated by the student’s IEP, should not have responsibilities outside of working with that individual. 

 

Please click on the paraprofessional link for the training manual for our class.  Let's plan to go through it on Wednesday, September 10th, because it is a half day for the students.  We can spend approximately an hour to review the manual.  You will be supporting a student with Autism and I want to review his IEP with you prior to your first day.  The manual also includes pertinent information about our special education classroom along with how we use reinforcements, classroom management, taking data and how to help a student to foster independence.  It a great tool that was created by the austismhelper.com. The creator provided a quick video overview that you can review at your leisure.

 

Again, I want to welcome you to our class and we are happy to have you!

 

Mrs. Gigi Moore