Substitute Para Special Day Class

Sunnyvale School District · Sunnyvale, United States

• Deliver discrete trial therapy based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis to individual students.
• Provide and use reinforcement on an individual student basis.
• Assist individual students in developing skills which lead him/her to join the mainstream educational environment and to help the student acquire independent work skills.
• Assist student transitions between different environments.

• Provide classroom teachers with information regarding student progress and behaviors.
• Assist the teacher and other staff with behavioral management needs.
• Monitor and assist individual students through structured and generalized skill lesson plans
• Instructs small groups of students to encourage appropriate social skills learning and facilitate appropriate students interactions with each other.
• Attend to the personal care needs of some students including toileting, washing, feeding, etc.
• Assist student in the development of small muscle and eye-hand coordination activities, leads activities designed to help students achieve motor control and body awareness as instructed by OT, APE teacher and/or classroom teacher.
• Supervise children on playground activities and support learning on related IEP goal objectives.
• Assist student in the development of their communication and socialization skills as instructed by supervisor.
• Observe the behavior of students to see that they do not injure themselves or others, take data on student's behavioral incidences and consult with the supervisor as necessary.
• Engage in physical and sometimes strenuous activities with students such as running, weight shifting and positioning. Participate in crisis management training on an annual basis.