Reinforcing Skills Reinforcing Skills from the from the

Developmental Developmental ChecklistChecklist

Reinforcing Skills Reinforcing Skills from the from the

Developmental Developmental ChecklistChecklist

Sonya Kunkel, Ed. SSonya Kunkel, Ed. SCREC ConsultantCREC Consultant

Language Arts• Reading• Writing• Responding

Here are some ways we read:

• Independently• As a group• Skim• With peers• Books on tape• Braille

Here are some ways we write

• Independently• Fill in the Blank• Dictating• Pointing• Pictures, Drawing, Identifying a Sequence• Using Technology• Copying/ Trace

Different Ways to Respond

• Verbally• Non Verbal Communication• Sign Language• Pointing• Choosing from choices• With Pictures• With Behavior• “Communicative Intent”

In the classroom• The teacher is discussing

information from a book…

What should a child with a disability do to participate?

What is the Para-educators role?

To participate…the child can

• Work on the same work as everyone else

• Work on “part of the work”• Work on a parallel theme• Work on a goal or objective as

related to the standard

The Para-educator’s role

• Facilitate the child working with peers and or in groups

• Assist other peers in the classroom (Fade, but not disengage)

• Request clarification from the teacher as to what the child will be working on related to the standard

• Assist with modifications• Assist with the child completing work

independently

What is not the para-educators role:

• To do the work for the child• To create and give the child work

away from the curriculum• To provide too much help• To provide too much “proximity”

Exercise and Practice in Language Arts

What can the child do?What is the Para-educator’s role?

Reading In The Classroom:

List 10 ways a child can participate in the classroom using the information in your packets

Language Arts, continued

• What can a child do? What is the Para-educator’s role?

• Writing in the classroom:

List 10 things a child can do to participate in this task.

Language Arts, continued

What can the child do?What is the para-educator’s role?

Responding in the classroom, Orally, with sign language, with choices, with technology…

List 10 things a child can do to respond to questions and classroom discussion.