Monthly Archives: February 2018

Elephants

Posted on February 22, 2018 by paraeducate

In special education, sometimes there is and there is not an elephant in the room. Elephants tend to take the form of questions such as, “When will the behaviorist [or other support service] actually get us something we can read … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog: An Open Letter to My Special Needs Student:

Posted on February 15, 2018 by paraeducate

In November of 2017, we were contacted by Rebekah Edwards, a paraeducator asking to be a guest blogger for us. After reading her first post, we agreed her story was something worth sharing. Rebekah reached out to us from a … Continue reading →

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The Professional Contract

Posted on February 8, 2018 by paraeducate

We’ve spoken a lot about the relationship that a paraeducator can have with students, but not really done an amazing job with the relationship between general education teachers and paraeducators. We’ve spoken a bit about getting teachers to utilize the … Continue reading →

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How do you learn that? Getting over the fear of computers

Posted on February 1, 2018 by paraeducate

So it’s pretty much no secret that Renay has always been very well versed in technology. If you ask her, the story goes into something about early introduction, a cart rolled in during kindergarten, but never being able to touch … Continue reading →

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