Reinforcing Skills from
the Developmental
Checklist
Sonya Kunkel, Ed. S
CREC Consultant
Language Arts
• Reading
• Writing
• Responding
Here are some ways we
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Independently
As a group
Skim
With peers
Books on tape
Braille
Here are some ways we
write
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Independently
Fill in the Blank
Dictating
Pointing
Pictures, Drawing, Identifying a Sequence
Using Technology
Copying/ Trace
Different Ways to
Respond
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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 paraeducators 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.