The key to success with a program for aides is active supervision by teachers as well as Special Services staff. The more supervision afforded the aide, the greater the flexibility with which he or she can function, the greater the use that can be made of potential skill and the greater the assistance that can be provided to teaches and to the…

This paper presents a report on a special services aide program in Connecticut. The community was the source of the paraprofessional personnel, who were then trained by teachers. By the end of a successful second year, there was a need for a university/school cooperative training program to fill the demand for these personnel. Presented in a…