What is it about?
Paraeducators help support students with communication needs in school settings often with minimal training. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can use the template included in this article to help facilitate training opportunities for paraeducators. Trainings for paraeducators could address barriers in both the physical and social environments that might keep students with communication needs from interacting with peers.
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Why is it important?
We provide a research informed template with steps for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and educational teams to consider for planning and implementing trainings for paraeducators specific to working with students with communication needs. These trainings can be imperative in increasing participation and inclusion for these students in general education settings with their peers.
Perspectives
This article will hopefully push speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to think creatively and collaboratively about how to work alongside paraeducators to help ensure that students with communication needs are engaging in positive peer relationships.
Tara McCarty
Pennsylvania State University
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This page is a summary of: Supporting Peer Interactions for Students With Complex Communication Needs in Inclusive Settings: Paraeducator Roles, Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, February 2022, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2021_persp-21-00141.
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