ERIC Number: ED468320
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 2002-Jun
Pages: 184
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Supporting Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Schools: A Curriculum for Job-Embedded Paraprofessional Development. Facilitator Manual [and] Paraprofessional Handouts.
Ghere, Gail; York-Barr, Jennifer; Sommerness, Jennifer
This facilitator's manual is part of a curriculum to help special educators teach paraprofessionals to support individual students with disabilities effectively, especially students with moderate to severe disabilities who require individualized support. Special aspects of the curriculum include its site-based and job embedded approach as well as the incorporation of follow-up coaching and feedback. Introductory material provides a curriculum overview and answers to questions about the curriculum. The curriculum is comprised of four instructional parts with a total of seven instructional units that address: (1) what inclusive education means; (2) what to teach (ways to maximize learning opportunities for students); (3) how to instruct (prompting, waiting, fading); (4) how to instruct (use of natural cues, consequences, and supports); (5) how to instruct (individualized adaptations); (6) how to interact (behavior as communication); and (7) how to interact (student relationships). Each of the seven units includes a unit guide, directions for facilitation, and handouts suitable for reproduction. (Contains 13 references.) (DB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Inservice Education, On the Job Training, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Secondary Education, Staff Development
Publications Office, Minnesota University, Institute on Community Integration, 109 Pattee Hall, 150 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 ($35). Tel: 612-624-4512; Web site: http://ici.umn.edu.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Inst. on Community Integration.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A