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Paraeducator After-School Videoconference Series
Standard #5:
Learning Environments and Social Interactions
District, IU, Preschool Agency Policy
Your local district’s policies regarding Para educator job
descriptions, duties, and responsibilities provide the
final word!
Agenda
• Introduction
• Do’s and don’t’s of behavior management
• Behavior basics
• Social skill development
• Build and maintain rapport with students
• Using universal precautions
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.
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.
Learner Outcomes
Participants will:• Discuss do’s and don’t’s 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
Do’s and Don’t’s 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
Been There, Done That, Now What?Strategies to TryStrategies TriedBehaviors
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B BEHAVIOR
1. Form The way a behavior looks, what we observe, a precise, specific description of the behavior.
2. Function– The purpose that the behavior serves– To get something– To avoid or delay
““an observable and measurable act of an individual”
“If a child doesn’t know how to read, we teach.”
“If a child doesn’t know how to swim, we teach.”
“If a child doesn’t know how to multiply, we teach.”
“If a child doesn’t know how to drive, we teach.”
“If a child doesn’t know how to behave, we… …teach? …punish?”
“Why can’t we finish the last sentence as automatically as we do the others?”
(Herner, 1998)
Consider this…
Until we have defined, taught, modeled, practiced, reinforced and re-taught, it is
unethical for adults to punish………Rob
Horner
Are the behaviors you listed related to lack of social skills?
Social Skills - What to Teach!
• Problem solving• Conversational skills• Identification of feelings• Management of feelings• Anger control• Dealing with stress• Organizational skills
Social Skills, like academic skills, are learned!
Social Skills, like academic skills, must be taught!
Social Skills -How to Teach!
• Use direct instruction
• Use rehearsal
• Use visuals for structure
• Use comics
Problem Solving Technique
My problem is_________________________________.
I can solve it by: (help student to list ways)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Choose one way.
Do it.
How did this work?
Social Skills -How to Teach!
Rehearsal TechniqueSocial Skills -How to Teach!
Visual SupportsSocial Skills -How to Teach!
When it is too noisy, I can…
Listen to musicGo for a
walk
Sit atthe table
Social Skills -How to Teach!
RELAX
Put yourhead down
Sit in thequiet area
Take 5 deepbreaths
OR OR
Move Away
Come backto the activity
Social Skills -How to Teach!
Relax
Move Away
Take 5 deep breaths
Come back to thetable
If something is bothering you, you can:
Social Skills -How to Teach!
If you are upset
Put yourhead down
Have a quietmouth
Social Skills -How to Teach!
Comic Strip Conversations
A conversation between 2 or more peopleusing 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
Social Skills -How to Teach!
Comic Strip Conversation
Social Skills -How to Teach!
playground
XX?X!! HAHA
HA!!!
You go to the bench!
Carol Gray, Comic Book Conversations
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
Building and Maintaining Rapport with Students
• Respond to negative student behaviors in a professional manner
• Don’t take it personally
• View as a teaching opportunity
Been There, Done That, Now What?Strategies to TryStrategies TriedBehaviors
And Now for Something Completely Different
Universal Precautions
Bloodborne Pathogens
• Bloodborne = found in blood
• Pathogen = disease-producing microorganism.
Blood Borne Pathogens
Excerpts from presentation by
Jacki O’Donnell, RN
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
Blood Borne Diseases
HIV
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
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.
To Avoid Exposure To Someone’s Blood You Should
Wear
A. A girdle B. Wool mittens C. Latex or hypoallergenic
gloves
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.
How Would You Clean Up Broken Glass?
A. With paper towels
B. Broom and dustpan
C. Tell one of the kids
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
Remember !
If it’s wet, and it ain’t yours, don’t touch it!
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
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
That was Universal Precautions in a
Learner Outcomes
Participants will:• Discuss do’s and don’t’s 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
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