Special Education Paraeducator Aide Autism

Summary

Under supervision, works in a special education classroom assisting teaching staff in a variety of instructional activities. Assists teachers in special education classrooms and provides individual or group assistance depending on student or class functional living and academic skills and/or behavioral support needed. Incumbent can also provide attendant services to students with various intellectual and/or physical disabilities. Performs related work as required.

The Para educator Aide II works in a special education classroom assisting the teacher and/or a special education student within the general and/or special education classroom, in specialized programs such as CLS (Comprehensive Life Skills), EC (Early Childhood), MA (Multi‑Age), SIP (Social Intervention Programs), Strategies (Autism Spectrum Disorders), Social Resource and/or Resource classrooms as well as one‑on‑one assistance. Additionally, a Para educator Aide II working at a Title I school must be highly qualified.

May act as liaison between general education teachers, resource teachers; preview instructional information when possible and may attend seminars and conferences.

• Assist students with intellectual, physical, or behavioral disabilities in boarding and de‑boarding buses before and after school.
• Assist students in reaching proper location in school; accompany students into general education classrooms.
• Provide attendant services (diapering, toileting, washing faces, etc.) to students as needed; support instruction in proper health and hygiene habits.
• Perform delegated procedures such as clean intermittent catheterization, provide emergency and first aid care as necessary.
• Move students weighing 50‑80 pounds daily and repetitively; follow proper safety procedures.
• Prepare and help feed students as needed; support instruction in functional life skills.
• Realize individual needs of students with intellectual, physical and/or behavioral disabilities and modify general education classroom assignments occasionally.
• Follow behavior plans as outlined in students’ IEPs; use positive behavior management techniques.
• Assist with lesson assignments; reinforce learning concepts to students.
• Maintain discipline and order on the playground, lunchroom, library and classrooms; accompany students on field trips.
• Arrange and adjust wheelchairs, oxygen hoses and other equipment as needed; communicate with special education teachers about concerns and/or observations of students.
• Assist in maintaining bulletin boards in the classroom; may assist children with medication when trained.
• Assist in the operation of classroom equipment or students’ assistive technology devices.
• Assist in recording student progress toward goals and developing instructional materials and preparing graphs and charts.
• Assist in modification of the general education curriculum; participate in district training programs when requested and receive training in and implement non‑violent behavioral intervention procedures.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding student information and records.

• EC – Early Childhood / Pre‑K – Provides services to three‑to‑five year olds with disabilities using a developmentally appropriate curriculum that addresses literacy, math readiness, motor skills, self‑help skills, communication skills, social skills, and cognitive development.
• EC SIP – Early Childhood/SIP (behavioral challenges) – Focuses primarily on social‑emotional development and serves students with behavioral challenges in a small group setting. Combines EC and SIP practices as appropriate.
• EC STRAT – Early Childhood/Strategies (Autism) – Uses strategies to develop communication and social‑emotional skills; provides a small group setting with extensive data collection.
• IEC – Early Childhood/Pre‑K (inclusion) – Provides services to three‑to‑five year olds receiving specialized instruction alongside typically developing peers in a developmentally appropriate classroom.
• IK – Integrated Kindergarten – Co‑teaching model that addresses all developmental areas plus kindergarten standards within a classroom setting.
• CLS…