"Developing
a Shared Understanding..."
(Giangreco, et al., 1999)
The Additional Resources Listed Below Relate Directly to Statement #17:
Paraeducators should develop and demonstrate attitudes and work habits that encourage: student independence; foster appropriate interdependence; promote inclusion and peer interactions; enhance each students' self-image; and prevent the unintended negative effects often associated with the potential over involvement and proximity of adults.
Non Data-Based Literature
Boomer, L.W. (1994). The utilization of paraprofessionals in programs for students with autism. Focus on Autistic Behavior, 9(2), 1-9. Summary Available
Doyle, M. B. (2002). The paraprofessionals guide to the inclusive classroom: Working as a team. (2nd ed.). Baltimore: Paul H. Brooks. Publisher's Summary and Order Form Available
Epanchin, B.C., & Wooley-Brown, C. (1993). A university-school district collaborative project for preparing paraprofessionals to become special educators. Teacher Education and Special Education, 16(2), 110-123. Summary Available
Giangreco, M.F. & Doyle, M.B. (2002). Students with disabilities and paraprofessional supports: Benefits, balance, and band-aids. Focus on Exceptional Children, 34 (7), 1-12. Summary Available
Hammeken, P.A. (1996). Inclusion: An essential guide for the paraprofessional. Minnetonka, MN: Peytral Publications. Summary Available
Harper, V. (1994). Multicultural perspectives in the classroom: Professional preparation for educational paraprofessionals. Action in Teacher Education, XVI(3), 66-78. Summary Available
Hemmingsson, H., Borell, L., & Gustavsson, A. (2003). Participation in school: School assistants creating opportunities and obstacles for pupils with disabilities. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 23(3), 88-98. Summary Available
Hill, C. (2003) The role of instructional assistants in regular classrooms: Are they influencing inclusive practices? The Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 49(1), 98-100. Summary Available
Hunton, P. & Doyle, M. B. (1999). I'm not in special education anymore: My name is Peter. TASH Newsletter, October, 1999, 22. Summary Available
Kotkin, R. A. (1995). The Irvine paraprofessional program: Using paraprofessionals in serving students with ADHD. Intervention in School and Clinic, 30(4), 235-240. Summary Available
Lacey, P. (2001). The role of learning support assistants in the inclusive learning of pupils with severe and profound learning difficulties. Educational Review, 53(2), 157-167. Summary Available
Miller, C., & Levack, N. (Eds.). (1997). A paraprofessional's handbook for working with students who are visually impaired. Austin: Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Summary Available
Palma, G. M. (1994). Toward a positive and effective teacher and paraprofessional relationship. Rural Special Education Quarterly, 13(4), 46-48. Summary Available
Skar, L. & Tamm, M. (2001). My assistant and I: Disabled children's and adolescents' roles and relationships to their assistants. Disability and Society, 16, 917-931. Summary Available
Tweit-Hull, T., Villalobos, P., & York, C. (2001). The paraprofessional's role in inclusive classrooms [Video and manual]. Sacramento: California Department of Education. Summary Available.
U.S Department of Education (1997). Roles of education paraprofessionals in effective schools: An idea book. Washington, DC: Author. Summary Available
Werts, M.G., Zigmond, N., & Leeper, D.C. (2001). Paraprofessional proximity and academic engagement: Students with disabilities in primary aged classrooms. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 36(4), 424-440. Summary Available
Causton-Theoharis, J. N. & Malmgren, K. W. (in press). Increasing interactions between students with severe disabilities and their peers via paraprofessional training. Exceptional Children. Abstract Available
Erwin, E. (1996). Meaningful participation in early childhood general education: Exploring the use of natural supports and adaptive strategies. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 90, 400-411. Summary Available
Giangreco, M. F., Edelman, S. W.., Luiselli, T. E. & MacFarland, S. Z. C. (1997). Helping or Hovering? Effects of instructional assistant proximity on students with disabilities. Exceptional Children, 64, 7-18. Summary Available
Hall, L. J., McClannahan, L. E. & Kranz P. J. (1995). Promoting independence in integrated classrooms by teaching aides to use activity schedule and decreased prompts. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 30, 208-217. Summary Available
Kennedy, J.H. (1995). Teachers, student teachers, paraprofessionals, and young adults' judgments about the acceptable use of corporal punishment in the rural south. Education and Treatment of Children, 18(1), 53-64. Summary Available
Lacey, P. (2001). The role of learning support assistants in the inclusive learning of pupils with severe and profound learning difficulties. Educational Review, 53(2), 157-167. Summary Available
Rose, R. (2000). Using classroom support in the primary school: A single case study. British Journal of Special Education, 27(4), 191-196. Summary Available
Shukla, S., Kennedy, C.H., & Cushing, L.S. (1999). Intermediate school students with severe disabilities: Supporting their education in general education classrooms. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 1(3), 130-140. Summary Available
Storey, K., Smith, D. J., & Strain, P. S. (1993). Use of classroom assistants and peer-mediated intervention to increase integration in preschool settings. Exceptionality, 4, 1-16. Summary Available
Young, B., Simpson, R., Smith Myles, B., and Kamps, D.M. (1997). An examination of paraprofessional involvement in supporting students with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 12(1), 31-38, 48. Summary Available
Tweit-Hull, T., Villalobos., & York, C. (2001). The paraprofessional's role in inclusive classrooms [Video and manual]. Sacramento: California Department of Education. Summary Available
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A complete list of Selected Paraeducator References 1990 - 2003 with summaries is also available.
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