Paraeducator Handbook - 6337

The Paraeducator Handbook is designed to provide paraeducators with information about job requirements and expectations, disability awareness, and training methods they can use in a special education classroom. The goal of this handbook, along with Effective Strategies for Working with Paraeducators (purchased separately), is to prepare paraeducators for the challenges of their chosen profession while making them feel valued, productive, and competent. “I literally went from babysitting to being trained to teach students real life skills like telling time and money use both in the classroom and in the community. The disability awareness training has given me the insight to appreciate each student’s unique learning style.”—Sally Semenock, Paraeducator Together, Dr. Candice Styer and Suzanne Fitzgerald have over 40 years of classroom experience both as paraeducators and as teachers working with paraeducators. They were inspired to write this manual based on their own experiences and the