Increasing the Effectiveness of Paraprofessionals and Classroom Teachers Working Together: Highly Effective Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms (Grades K-12)


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Paraprofessionals assigned to support students with disabilities in the general education classroom have one of the most important jobs in schools today. Whether they serve as one-to-one support for specific students or as overall classroom assistants, they have a critical role in making inclusion effective for their students. This strategies-packed audio seminar will provide paraprofessionals as well as general and special education teachers with practical, easy-to-integrate, proven techniques for making inclusion successful. A wealth of ideas will be presented that will help all of your students be more productive in the content area.

The seminar’s focus will be on introducing practical strategies that have been proven successful when working with students with special needs in inclusive or general education classrooms.

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Supporting the Role of Paraprofessionals

  • Effective ways to define the key roles of paraprofessionals and program assistants
  • Successful tips for how paraprofessionals can be most effective
  • Practical methods to enhance your effectiveness when you have limited or no planning or preparation time

Working with Other Adults

  • Effective instructional techniques for two adults working with students in the same classroom
  • Communication tips to enhance collaboration with teachers and parents

Working with Students

  • Powerful strategies to increase the academic and behavioral skills of students in inclusive classrooms
  • Proven strategies to improve students’ memorization and recall skills
  • Techniques to encourage positive behavior and minimize misconduct

Dynamic Presenter

SUSAN FITZELL is a dynamic presenter who is passionate about helping to teach professionals and paraeducators to make inclusion work successfully in the classroom without the difficulty often associated with this challenge. With more than 22 years of experience in special education, inclusion and co-teaching and having extensive experience working with paraeducators, Susan is in demand as a presenter at national, state and district conferences. She fully understands the challenges inherent in an inclusive school and adds her own sensitive and insightful understanding of the issues of inclusion. She teaches practical, effective strategies for success.

Susan is the author of several books geared to helping educators and parents help youth. These titles include Free The Children: Conflict Education for Strong, Peaceful Minds (1995); Special Needs in the General Classroom: Strategies that Make it Work, a comprehensive resource handbook for teachers; Please Help Me with my Homework! Strategies for Parents and Caregivers (2004); and Transforming Anger into Personal Power: An Anger Management Curriculum Guide for Grades 6 through 12 (2004).

Susan’s presentations are lively, compassionate and most importantly, practical. Her enthusiasm and creativity keep the seminar fast-paced and interesting.

"The overall content of Susan’s seminar is GREAT! I recommend that both paraprofessionals and teachers attend together." - Trudy Buché, Paraprofessional Facilitator

"I am a special education teacher and it was so valuable for me to attend Susan’s seminar with my paraprofessionals." - Diane Moss, Special Education Teacher

"Best seminar I’ve been to! I work with severe/profound, non-verbal students. I received lots of ideas and tips from Susan’s presentation to help my students." - Patt Kramer, K-12 Paraprofessional

"I can’t wait to use Susan’s behavior management cue card with my students. The personality preference and learning style information she shared will help me both professionally and personally." - Austa Midgett, Paraprofessional

Order Information
Each audio program comes with its own comprehensive resource handbook specifically designed for that program, and includes countless "ready-to-use-tomorrow" ideas, lessons and resources you can immediately implement into your own classroom program.

Each individual audio program in U.S. funds costs $95.00 plus $9.00 shipping and handling.
Note: for orders shipped to a WA State address add 9.0% state sales tax.

Each individual audio program in Canadian funds costs $95.00 plus 12% shipping and handling.

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