TEAM Digital Resources for Educational Assistants

Course Overview

TEAM - Digital Resources for Educational Assistants

About the Course: What does a great Educational Assistant in Saskatchewan need to know and do? You’ll find real-world answers in this practical guide to surviving and thriving as an integral part of your school’s inclusive team. You’ll get immediately applicable strategies for mastering every facet of your complex role: collaborating with other team members, understanding accommodations and modifications, facilitating peer connections, fading your support, all while maintaining your own health and avoiding burnout.

Preview the course outline here:

TEAM Digital Resources for Educational Assistants

Welcome and Introduction

  1. Welcome & Introduction
  2. Commonly Asked Questions About the Role of Educational Assistants

Understanding Inclusive Education

  1. What is inclusive education?
  2. History of Inclusive Education
  3. Video: Disabling Segregation: Dan Habib
  4. Video: The Evolution of Inclusion - Shelley Moore
  5. Commonly Asked Questions About Inclusive Education

The Saskatchewan Context

  1. The Saskatchewan Context
  2. Actualizing a Needs Based Model
  3. Personalized Supports Document

Understanding Disability

  1. Understanding Disability
  2. Video: "I am not your inspiration, thank you very much" - Stella Young
  3. Commonly Asked Questions about Students Requiring Intensive Supports

Collaborating with Others

  1. Collaborating with Others
  2. Communication and Collaboration
  3. Saskatchewan: Principles of Privacy and Access
  4. Understanding Confidentiality
  5. Commonly Asked Questions about Collaborating with Others

Rethinking Your Students: Presuming Competence

  1. Presuming Competence
  2. Commonly Asked Questions About Presuming Competence

Providing Academic Supports

  1. Providing Academic Supports
  2. Commonly Asked Questions About Academic Supports

Providing Social Supports

  1. Providing Social Supports
  2. Commonly Asked Questions About Social Supports

Providing Behavioural Supports

  1. Providing Behavioural Supports
  2. Commonly Asked Questions About Behavioural Supports

Respectful Support for Developing Student Independence

  1. Respectful Support for Developing Student Independence
  2. Commonly Asked Questions About Independence & Fading Support

Supporting Yourself

  1. Supporting Yourself
  2. Commonly Asked Questions About Self-care

 

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