"Developing
a Shared Understanding..."
(Giangreco, et al., 1999).
The Additional Resources Listed Below Relate Directly to Statement #5
Paraeducators should receive ongoing, on-the-job, training to match their specific job responsibilities and assignments.
Non Data-Based Literature
Blalock, G. (1991). Paraprofessionals: Critical team members in our special education programs. Intervention in School and Clinic, 36, 200-214. Summary Available
Blalock, G., Rivera, D., Anderson, K., & Kottler, B. (1992). A school district/university partnership in paraprofessional training.LD Forum, 17(3), 29-36. Summary Available
Benshoff, J.J., Eckert, J.M., Riggar, T.F., & Taylor, D.W. (1995). Parameters of paraprofessionalism: Exploring the myths and realities associated with paraprofessionals in rehabilitation settings.Journal of Rehabilitation Administration,19, 133-143. Summary Available
Bugaj, S.J. (2002). Improving the skills of special education paraprofessionals: A rural school district’s model for staff development. Rural Special Education Quarterly, 21(1), 16-24. Summary Available
Coufal, K.L., Steckelberg, A.L., & Vasa, S.F. (1991). Current trends in the training and utilization of paraprofessional in speech and language programs: A report on an eleven-state survey. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 22, 51-59. 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
Ernsperger, L.A. (1998, Summer). Using a paraeducator to facilitate school reentry. Reaching Today’s Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal, 2(4), 9-12. Summary Available
French, N., & Pickett, A. L. (1997). Paraprofessionals in special education: Issues for teacher educators. Teacher Education and SpecialEducation, 20(1), 61-73. Summary Available
Freschi, D.F. (March/April 1999). Guidelines for working with one to one aides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 31(4), 42-45. Summary Available
Ghere, G., York-Barr, J, & Sommerness, J. (2002). Supporting students with disabilities in inclusive schools: A curriculum for job-embedded paraprofessional development. Minneapolis: Institute on Community Education (University of Minnesota). Summary Available
Glang, A., Gersten, R., Singer, G. (1990). Computer-assisted video instruction in training paraprofessionals to teach brain-damaged clients. Journal of Special Education Technology, 1(03), 137-46. Summary Available
Hilton, A., Gerlach, K., (1997). Employment, preparation and management of paraeducators: Challenges to appropriate service for students with developmental disabilities. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 32, 71-76. Summary Available
Jones, K. H., & Bender, W. N. (1993). Utilization of paraprofessionals in special education: A review of the literature. Remedial and Special Education, 14, 7-14. Summary Available
Lasater, M. W., Johnson, M. M., and Fitzgerald, M. (2000). Completing the education mosaic: Paraeducator professional development options. Teaching Exceptional Children, 33(1), 46-51. Summary Available
Martella, R.C., Marchand-Martella, N.E., Miller, T.L., Young, K.R., & Macfarlane, C.A. (1995). Teaching instructional aides and peer tutors to decrease problem behaviors in the classroom. Teaching Exceptional Children, 27(2), 53-56. Summary Available
Morgan, J., Ashbaker, B.Y., & Forbush,D. (2000, November/December). Special helpers.American School Board Journal, 187(1), 54-56. Summary Available
Parsons, M.B., & Reid, D.H. (March/April 1999). Training basic teaching skills to paraeducators of students with severe disabilities: A one day program.Teaching Exceptional Children, 31(4), 48- 54. Summary Available
Pickett, A. L.. & Gerlach, K. (Eds.). (1997). Supervising paraeducators in school settings: A team approach. Austin, TX: PRO-ED. Summary Available
Rogan, P., & Held, M. (1999). Paraprofessionals in job coach roles. The Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 24(4), 272-279. Summary Available
Russotti, J. & Shaw, R. (2001). In-service training for teacher assistants and others who work with students with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 95(8), 483-487. Summary Available
Steckelberg, A.L., & Vasa, S.F. (1998). How paraeducators learn on the web. Teaching Exceptional Children, 30(5), 54-59. Summary Available
U.S Department of Education (1997). Roles of education paraprofessionals in effective schools: An idea book. Washington, DC: Author. Summary Available
French, N.K., and Cabell, E.A. (1993). Are community college programs for paraeducators feasible? Community College Journal of Reserach and Practice, 17(2), 131-140. Summary Available
French, Nancy K. (1998). Working together: Resource teachers and paraeducators. Remedial and Special Education, 19, 357-368. 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
Hadadian, A. & Yssel, N. (1998). Changing roles of paraeducators in early childhood special education. Infant-Toddler Intervention, 8(1), 1-9. Summary Available
Hall, L.J., & Macvean, M.L. (1997). Increases in the communicative behaviors of students with cerebral palsy as a result of feedback to, and the selection of goals by, paraprofessionals. Behaviour Change, 14(3), 174-184. 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
Hansen, D. (1997). Use of focus-group needs assessment for planning paraprofessional staff development in Iowa's education settings. Journal of Children's Communication Development, 1(1), 81-90. Summary Available
Martella, R. C., Marchand-Martella, N. E., Macfarlane, C. A., Young, K. R. (1993). Improving classroom behavior of a student with severe disabilities via paraprofessional training. British Columbia Journal of Special Education, 17, 33-44. Summary Available
Morehouse, J.A., & Albright,L. (1991). The training trends and needs of paraprofessionals in transition service delivery agencies. Teacher Education and Special Education, 14(4), 248-256. Summary Available
Passaro, P. D., Pickett, A. L., Latham, G., HongBo, W. (1994). The training ands support needs of paraprofessionals in rural an special education. Rural Special Education Quarterly, 13(4), 3-9. Summary Available
Riggs, C.G. (2001, January/February). Ask the paraprofessionals: What are your training needs? Teaching Exceptional Children, 33(3), 78-83. 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
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Ideas from the field were generated and put into practice by school teams who
used the the tool,
"A Guide to Schoolwide Planning for Paraeducator Supports"
A complete list of Selected Paraeducator References 1990 - 2003 with summaries is also available.
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