Paraeducation: Books & films
The Paraeducation program is designed to give students a variety of skills, including individual instruction, group instruction, behavior management, interpersonal and intercultural communication with adults and students, and personal growth.
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Featured Titles
- Co-Teaching That Works byCall Number: E-bookISBN: 9781119653318Publication Date: 2020This book provides practical ideas for defining teacher roles, planning lessons, providing effective instruction, and maximizing the value of each team member. Anne Beninghof shares stories, and real-life co-taught lesson examples that emphasize creative yet time-efficient instructional strategies that lend themselves beautifully to the co-taught classroom. Full text available online.
- Exploring Mathematics through Play in the Early Childhood Classroom byISBN: 9780807755891Publication Date: 2014
- How the Special Needs Brain Learns byISBN: 9781412949873Publication Date: 2006Today's classrooms embrace students of all abilities, and this book provides information and insights on how to work effectively with children with many disabilities such as attention disorders, math and writing disabilities, emotional disorders and autism spectrum disorders.
- Key Ideas in Teaching Mathematics byISBN: 0199665516Publication Date: 2013Covers big ideas in the mathematics curriculum for older school students, especially those that are hard to learn and hard to teach. These are the ideas that really matter, that students get stuck on, and that can be obstacles to future learning. It shows how students learn, why they sometimes get things wrong, and the strengths and pitfalls of various teaching approaches.
- Play byISBN: 9781933653730Publication Date: 2009This revised edition of "Pathways to Play". contains activity ideas that encourage play skills, checklists to help identify where children are having problems, specific teaching strategies, and assessment options. Play skills are life skills; as children develop them, they also learn important social skills that they will use throughout their lives. This new edition also examines how play theory translates into practice.
- Are you the king or are you the joker? play math for young children byCall Number: E-bookISBN: 9786611912055Publication Date: 2006This unique book — based on the author's experience — provides the knowledge and skills to teach math to young children, through learning games with playing cards. Children grow to associate math with fun. The author's innovative approach to teaching math to young children is an ideal and highly productive way for parents and grandparents to spend quality time with their young loved ones. The book will be an immense help for children's progress in math in the kindergarten and school.
- Nurturing Habits of Mind in Early Childhood byCall Number: E-bookISBN: 1416627103Publication Date: 2019In the first years of life, as children observe, imitate, and interact with people and their environment, the brain is structuring a foundation for vocabulary, values, cognitive processes, and social skills. Educators can help influence that development by teaching skills and dispositions. The practical examples in this book show how to introduce the Habits of Mind to children in entertaining and concrete ways. By designing learning experiences that reflect the situations and challenges children face in their lives, educators can help begin to develop the habits of mind that feed a lifetime of learning.
Social-Emotional Learning During and Post COVID
- Social-Emotional Learning During and Post COVID: Critical Strategies for ALL Students to Thrive. Streaming Video (1:28:44)Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is critical in creating a safe, supportive, and engaging learning environment for ALL students to thrive. In this video seminar, educational consultant and teacher Savanna Flakes offers proven evidence-based techniques to support social and emotional learning and to help students navigate the transition to school post-COVID. She offers low-prep ideas on incorporating lessons on resilience, goal setting, and self-monitoring and presents strategies for reducing anxiety and building collaborative relationships.