United Cerebral Palsy of Maryland, Montgomery College, and Charles County Community College provided a federally funded paraprofessional training project on working effectively with handicapped children. The cooperative training program consisted of academic coursework (including two required courses: "Handicapped Citizens: Human Services and…

The booklet looks at both the problems and the potential of training paraprofessionals as aides in the education of handicapped children. The case for training paraprofessionals is supported with such rationales as the economy of using paraprofessional staff. Qualities of leaders in the field of paraprofessional training are listed, including that…

The paper describes a 2-year college program designed to meet the need for front-line workers, who have been trained within the developmental model, to work with people exhibiting a broad variety of handicaps. The program is explained to adhere to a philosophy of normalization/integration for the handicapped. The orientation is noted to be…

The final report describes the development of a program to train neighborhood mothers as home visitors to families with a handicapped child under age 3. The following program aspects are detailed (sample subtopics in parentheses): population (referral sources, family and child characteristics); staff (changes in staffing pattern, hiring core…

Project Sunrise, a home based parent training model, was designed to serve preschool handicapped children living in rural areas of Montana. Literature was reviewed on when to begin educational intervention, the results of early intervention, the types of intervention most effective, the positive effects of parent education, and the benefits of…

Alternatives for Paraprofessional Training (APT), a 3-year project, addressed the need for training paraprofessionals working with young handicapped children in rural and urban areas of Texas. Objectives of the project were: to identify competencies needed by paraprofessionals in working with young, handicapped children; to identify the needs of…

The doument provides seven appendixes containing information on the PEECH (Program for Early Education of Children with Handicaps) Outreach Project. Appendix I contains a financial report form for the project. Outlined in Appendix II are PEECH Outreach goals and objectives (including the presentation of a Home Intervention Training Program),…

The competency-based training program of the Learning and Education for Exceptional Paraprofessionals (LEEP) project is described and the contents of five LEEP developed training modules are indicated. In addition, the term "paraprofessional" is defined, characteristics and duties of paraprofessionals are specified in terms of competencies, and…

One of 10 documents developed for preschool programs for handicapped children, the manual focuses on the use of parent volunteers (or paraprofessionals) in the classroom. The introduction examines the program's purpose and rationale, provides an overview of the parent volunteer system, and considers recommended setting, and the appropriateness of…

The author offers guidelines for utilizing volunteers in educating handicapped children. Several programs using volunteers are mentioned: the kindergarten screening project, listener program, primary classroom volunteers, and secondary school volunteers. The importance of teacher support is stressed. Steps for the teacher to follow for involving…

The article reports how the Career Associate in Special Education (CASE) program (designed to prepare paraprofessionals to work in special education classrooms) served a 2 1/2-year-old cerebral palsied child. The child's progress in the CASE program, whereby a practicum student was placed in a regular preschool with the child, is traced. (SBH)

Presented are notes taken from a 6-week inservice training program for 30 teachers and 30 paraprofessionals who work with deaf-blind children. Entries are divided into two sections--lectures and minicourses--and include the following titles: "Piaget" (V. Robinson), "Dichotic Listening--Research and Applications" (B. Franklin), "Curriculum Ideas…

Project Success Controlled Optimal Reading Experience (SCORE) is a sequential phonics program designed to teach students of any age who are deficient in basic word attack skills or who are reading below the fourth grade level. Performance objectives of the program include student mastery of sound blending, short and long vowels, blends,…

Many schools have increased their use of paraprofessionals as a primary mechanism to include more students with various disabilities in general education classes. Although intended to be supportive, service delivery that relies extensively on paraprofessionals has resulted in a host of challenges for public schools and questionable services for…

A manual for training paraprofessionals to provide home intervention and instruction to mothers of handicapped infants and preschool children is presented. The following objectives of the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, project are described: teaching mothers about child development; obtaining information about each child and the child's environment; and…