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Sarah N. Douglas; Sarah M. Dunkel-Jackson; Ryan Bowles; Joshua Plavnick; Tiantian Sun; Atikah Bagawan – Grantee Submission, 2024
Paraeducators are primary communication partners for children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), but often have limited training. The POWR+ intervention is designed to help paraeducators support their student's communication using AAC. Importantly, POWR+ includes training for supervising teachers, who help implement the…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention, Program Implementation
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Walker, Virginia L.; Carpenter, Megan E.; Lyon, Kristin J.; Garcia, Michelle; Johnson, Holly – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
Paraeducators play an important role in assisting teachers and other professionals to support students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including delivering positive behavioral supports to those students who engage in persistent challenging behavior. The purpose of this multiple baseline design across participants study was to support…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Coaching (Performance), Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Students with Disabilities
Hill, Doris Adams; Flores, Margaret M.; Kearley, Regina F. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2014
The authors supervised and trained pre-service teachers while conducting extended school year (ESY) services for pre-kindergarten and elementary students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DD). Each classroom was responsible for conducting communication assessments and developing interventions focused on…
Descriptors: Extended School Year, Preservice Teachers, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students