Jill Morgan - Böcker

This guide explores the roles and duties of K-12 paraprofessionals in both general education and special education settings.

Using a straight-forward presentation, Paraprofessionals in the Classroom: A Survival Guide, 2/e covers topics such as behavior, teaching, assessment, and collaboration and outlines how paraprofessionals can support both students and teachers. Grounded in real classroom situations, it also addresses issues such as learner diversity, confidentiality, professionalism, role definition, and self- evaluation. This edition includes more details on supervision, new tactics for behavior management, and tear-out forms designed to help paraprofessionals manage their daily tasks.

Features a straight-forward presentation that avoids research jargon and emphasizes practical applications. Includes additional activities at the end of each chapter called Extending Your Learning. Case Studies along with descriptions and follow-up questions expose readers to real-life classroom scenarios. Encourages readers to personalize chapter material by offering Reflective Activities in each chapter.

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The Paraprofessional’s Guide to Effective Behavioral Intervention is a comprehensive guide to appropriate behavioral strategies in the classroom, based on the Least Restrictive Behavioral Intervention (LRBI) and Positive Behavioral Intervention Strategies (PBIS). This highly practical book provides: an increased understanding of the processes underlying student behavior in the classroom, including motivation a wide range of strategies for establishing and promoting positive behavior, as well as counteracting and reducing negative behaviors skills related to nationally recognized standards for paraprofessional competence an understanding of widely accepted principles and practices such as Response to Intervention (RTI).Set in the context of the legal requirements for paraprofessionals to work "under the direction of a professional" (ESEA) and be "appropriately supervised" (IDEA), The Paraprofessional’s Guide to Effective Behavioral Intervention illuminates research-based, practical strategies shown to be effective in a wide range of educational settings and which can be implemented immediately and with confidence.

The Paraprofessional’s Guide to Effective Behavioral Intervention is a comprehensive guide to appropriate behavioral strategies in the classroom, based on the Least Restrictive Behavioral Intervention (LRBI) and Positive Behavioral Intervention Strategies (PBIS). This highly practical book provides: an increased understanding of the processes underlying student behavior in the classroom, including motivation a wide range of strategies for establishing and promoting positive behavior, as well as counteracting and reducing negative behaviors skills related to nationally recognized standards for paraprofessional competence an understanding of widely accepted principles and practices such as Response to Intervention (RTI).Set in the context of the legal requirements for paraprofessionals to work "under the direction of a professional" (ESEA) and be "appropriately supervised" (IDEA), The Paraprofessional’s Guide to Effective Behavioral Intervention illuminates research-based, practical strategies shown to be effective in a wide range of educational settings and which can be implemented immediately and with confidence.

This practical guide gives TAs useful advice on: the TAs role; responding to pupils' needs; strategies for behaviour management; working in a team. Each chapter contains checklists for TAs to record their progress, and real life case studies for the TA to learn from.The bookalso contains a list of useful organisations, websites and furtehr reading.

This practical guide gives useful advice on: understanding your role in managing behaviour in the classroom; developing effective strategies for dealing with problem behaviour; using rewards and sanctions; and helping pupils to understand why their behaviour is unacceptable and what they can do to improve. Each chapter contains activities and questions for you to learn from. This is essential reading for all teaching assistants.

This is a practical guide that will enable teaching assistants to understand the difficulties experienced by children on the autistic spectrum. This valuable resource provides effective teaching strategies and real-life case studies.This practical guide provides advice on understanding the difficulties experienced by children on the Autistic Spectrum. The book includes teaching strategies and the effective behaviour management chapter will provide a range of activities and real-life case studies for all teaching assistants to learn from.This new, innovative series provides teaching assistants with sound practical advice on a range of important topics. The authors are all extremely experienced and their advice comes from personal practice.

Aspects of Housing Law provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and readable account of what is often regarded as a complex and technical area of the law. It is essential reading for students of housing law and those taking courses in housing studies.With comprehensive coverage of all areas covered in an undergraduate course on housing, this concise and clear text covers: homelessnessowner-occupationregulation of rentsrepairs and disrepairsuccession to tenanciesprivate rented sectorsocial housinganti-social behaviour.

Achieving Outstanding Classroom Support in Your Secondary School shows how secondary school teachers and other school staff can work with Teaching Assistants to ensure that classroom support is maximised and an optimum working relationship is developed. Based on research taken directly from the classroom, all recommendations and guidelines explored in this book are based on the findings of those who have consulted Teaching Assistants about their work, in order to better understand the dynamics of classrooms where at least one of the adults present is supporting the other, directly or indirectly.Topics studied include: Understanding the roles and responsibilities of the Teaching Assistant What the research tells us about Teaching Assistants How to plan before the lesson How to involve the Teaching Assistant in the lesson How to provide feedback and advocacy for the Teaching Assistant after the lesson This accessible text provides a highly supportive framework to prompt teachers to be proactive and plan ahead for effective use of their Teaching Assistants in the classroom and will be of interest to all secondary teachers, SENCOs, heads of departments and school managers.

Achieving Outstanding Classroom Support in Your Secondary School shows how secondary school teachers and other school staff can work with Teaching Assistants to ensure that classroom support is maximised and an optimum working relationship is developed. Based on research taken directly from the classroom, all recommendations and guidelines explored in this book are based on the findings of those who have consulted Teaching Assistants about their work, in order to better understand the dynamics of classrooms where at least one of the adults present is supporting the other, directly or indirectly.Topics studied include: Understanding the roles and responsibilities of the Teaching Assistant What the research tells us about Teaching Assistants How to plan before the lesson How to involve the Teaching Assistant in the lesson How to provide feedback and advocacy for the Teaching Assistant after the lesson This accessible text provides a highly supportive framework to prompt teachers to be proactive and plan ahead for effective use of their Teaching Assistants in the classroom and will be of interest to all secondary teachers, SENCOs, heads of departments and school managers.

Landlord and Tenant Law contains summaries, exercises and workshops to help the reader to make sense of a complex area of Law. This is an extensively revised fifth edition of this popular text, particularly in terms of its coverage of the effects of covenants in leases and also in an expanded section on business tenancies.

Aspects of Housing Law provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and readable account of what is often regarded as a complex and technical area of the law. It is essential reading for students of housing law and those taking courses in housing studies.With comprehensive coverage of all areas covered in an undergraduate course on housing, this concise and clear text covers: homelessnessowner-occupationregulation of rentsrepairs and disrepairsuccession to tenanciesprivate rented sectorsocial housinganti-social behaviour.