Paraeducator AfterSchool Videoconference Series

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Paraeducator After-School Videoconference Series

• Standard 5
• Learning Environments and Social Interactions

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District, IU, Preschool Agency Policy
Your local districts policies regarding Para
educator job descriptions, duties, and
responsibilities provide the final word!
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Agenda

• Introduction
• Dos and donts of behavior management
• Behavior basics
• Social skill development
• Build and maintain rapport with students
• Using universal precautions

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Standard 5 - Knowledge Areas

• K1 Demands of various learning environments.
• K2 Rules and procedural safeguards regarding the
  management of behaviors of individuals with
  exceptional learning needs.

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Standard 5 - Skill Areas

• S1Establish and maintain rapport with learners.
• S2 Use universal precautions and assist in
  maintaining a safe, healthy learning environment.
• S3 Use strategies for behavior management as
  directed.
• S4 Use strategies as directed, in a variety of
  settings, to assist in the development of social
  skills.

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Learner Outcomes

• Participants will
• Discuss dos and donts of behavior management
• Describe strategies for managing behavior and
  teaching social skills to students
• Discuss demands of various learning environments
• List ways to build and maintain rapport with
  students
• Describe the protocol for using universal
  precautions

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Dos and Donts of Behavior Management

• Do
• Consult partner teacher about behavior strategies
  or behavior plans
• Speak respectfully
• Maintain confidentiality
• Model behaviors you want to see
• Let students know when they are behaving correctly

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Been There, Done That, Now What?
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B BEHAVIOR
an observable and measurable act of an
individual

• Form The way a behavior looks, what we observe, a
  precise, specific description of the behavior.
• Function
• The purpose that the behavior serves
• To get something
• To avoid or delay

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If a child doesnt know how to read, we
teach. If a child doesnt know how to swim, we
teach. If a child doesnt know how to multiply,
we teach. If a child doesnt know how to drive,
we teach. If a child doesnt know how to
behave, we teach? punish? Why cant we
finish the last sentence as automatically as we
do the others? (Herner, 1998)
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Consider this

• Until we have defined, taught, modeled,
  practiced, reinforced and re-taught, it is
  unethical for adults to punish
• Rob Horner

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When in doubt...
TEACH!
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Are the behaviors you listed related to lack of
social skills?
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Social Skills - What to Teach!

• Problem solving
• Conversational skills
• Identification of feelings
• Management of feelings
• Anger control
• Dealing with stress
• Organizational skills

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• Social Skills, like academic skills, are learned!
• Social Skills, like academic skills, must be
  taught!

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Social Skills -How to Teach!

• Use direct instruction
• Use rehearsal
• Use visuals for structure
• Use comics

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Problem Solving Technique
Social Skills -How to Teach!

• My problem is_________________________________.
• I can solve it by (help student to list ways)
• _________________________________________________
• _________________________________________________
• _________________________________________________
• _________________________________________________
• Choose one way.
• Do it.
• How did this work?

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Rehearsal Technique
Social Skills -How to Teach!
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Visual Supports
Social Skills -How to Teach!
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Social Skills -How to Teach!
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Social Skills -How to Teach!
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Social Skills -How to Teach!
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Social Skills -How to Teach!
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Comic Strip Conversations
Social Skills -How to Teach!

• A conversation between 2 or more people
• using simple drawings
• Illustrates ongoing communication
• Provides support to students who struggle to
  comprehend the quick exchange of information
• Turns abstract conversation into concrete
  representation
• Identifies what people say and do
• Emphasize what people may be thinking

Carol Gray
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Comic Strip Conversation
Social Skills -How to Teach!
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XX?X!!
HAHA HA!!!
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Carol Gray, Comic Book Conversations
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Building and Maintaining Rapport with Students

• Treat students with respect
• Look for opportunities to praise students
• Turn a negative into a positive
• Make their day

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Building and Maintaining Rapport with Students

• Respond to negative student behaviors in a
  professional manner
• Dont take it personally
• View as a teaching opportunity

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Been There, Done That, Now What?
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And Now for Something Completely Different

• Universal Precautions

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Bloodborne Pathogens

• Bloodborne found in blood
• Pathogen disease-producing microorganism.

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Blood Borne Pathogens

• Excerpts from presentation by
• Jacki ODonnell, RN

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Standard (Universal) Precautions

• CDC recommendation Blood and/or body fluid
  precautions should be observed for all students
• Individualized guidelines set up for
• specific settings.
• Hospital
• Dentist
• Day Care/School

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Blood Borne Diseases

• HIV
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C

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Blood Borne Pathogens

• Contaminated surfaces are a major cause of the
  spread of hepatitis. HBV can survive on
  environmental surfaces, dried and at room
  temperature for at least one week.

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To Avoid Exposure To Someones Blood You Should
Wear

• A. A girdle
• B. Wool mittens
• C. Latex or hypoallergenic
• gloves

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Glove Removal

• Grip one glove near the cuff and peel it down
  until it comes off inside out. Cup it in the
  palm of your ungloved hand.
• Place 2 fingers of your bare hand inside the cuff
  of the remaining glove.
• Peel that glove down so that it also comes off
  inside out and over the first one.
• Properly dispose of the gloves.
• Wash your hands with soap and water.

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How Would You Clean Up Broken Glass?

• A. With paper towels
• B. Broom and dustpan
• C. Tell one of the kids

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If You Think You Have Had an Exposure You Should

• A. Call an ambulance
• B. Tell an administrator and school nurse
• C. Call the cafeteria

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Remember !

• If its wet, and it aint yours, dont touch it!

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When to Wash ?

• After going to Bathroom
• Before eating or preparing food
• After coughing or sneezing
• After playing outside
• After playing with pets
• After diaper changing

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HAND WASHING 101

• Use warm running water, soap and friction
• Rub for at least 20 seconds
• Between fingers
• Underneath fingernails
• Rinse
• Dry hands with paper towel
• Turn off water with paper towel
• Dispose of towel in wastebasket

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• That was Universal Precautions in a

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Learner Outcomes

• Participants will
• Discuss dos and donts of behavior management
• Describe strategies for managing behavior and
  teaching social skills to students
• Discuss demands of various learning environments
• List ways to build and maintain rapport with
  students
• Describe the protocol for using universal
  precautions

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Save the Dates!
Paraeducator Summer Training Series August 11
August 12, 2008 2008-2009 After-school
Videoconference Series October 16, 2008
Standard 6 November 13, 2008 Standard
7 February 11, 2009 Standard 8 March 10, 2009
Standard 9 April 28, 2009 - Standard 10