Supporting Students in the Classroom: Training Paraprofessionals to Teach Self- Advocacy and Self-Determination Skills

• Authors: Courteney Mayumi Tse , Melinda R. Pierson

Title variants

PL

Supporting Students in the Classroom: Training Paraprofessionals to Teach Self- Advocacy and Self-Determination Skills

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

Students with disabilities lack the skills to become independent self-advocates. This article details a training program that was implemented for paraprofessionals who support students with disabilities in public school classrooms in the United States. Results indicated that advanced training of paraprofessionals improved student support which led to greater independence for the students with disabilities.

Keywords

EN

students with dissabilities; paraprofessional training; selfdetermination skills; education; United States; students with dissabilities; paraprofessional training; selfdetermination skills; education; United States

PL

students with dissabilities; paraprofessional training; selfdetermination skills; education; United States

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Kultura-Społeczeństwo-Edukacja
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7-22

Dates

published

2019-03-06

Contributors

author

Courteney Mayumi Tse

• California State University, Fullerton

author

Melinda R. Pierson

• California State University, Fullerton

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/kse.2017.11.1.