Special Education Assistant - Severely Mentally Handicapped One-on-One # 23 Madison School

About the role

The one-on-one assistant will perform a variety of paraprofessional instructional activities to assist the teacher or other certificated staff in providing instruction, housekeeping and supervision to severely mentally handicapped students between the ages of 3 to 22 years. They will also assist instructional personnel in the development and implementation of individual educational plans under the teacher's supervision.

Responsibilities

• Aid students to and from buses and classes.
• Teach independent mobility.
• Assist instructional personnel in the development and implementation of individual educational plans under the teacher's supervision.
• Continuously assist and monitor students in a variety of academic and recreational activities.
• Tutor students to reinforce and follow-up training and learning experiences.
• Supervise students during study, lunch and play periods.
• Assist students in the development and maintenance of appropriate social behavior.
• Assist students to become self-reliant.
• Absorb and maintain daily performance records.
• May prepare instructional material.
• Operate a variety of audio-visual equipment such as projectors and other learning machines.
• May type and duplicate lessons, tests and other instructional materials.
• Assist in serving food.
• Teach students self-feeding skills and grooming skills.
• Assist students with toileting, buttons, snaps and zippers.
• Clean students lacking control.
• Change diapers, bathe and clothe students.
• May lift and move handicapped students.
• Assist in keeping work area attractive.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate an empathetic, patient and receptive attitude with students exhibiting specialized severe mental and behavior needs.
• Establish and maintain an effective relationship with teachers, therapists and other certificated staff.
• Communicate satisfactorily in oral and written form and serve as an appropriate model.
• Deal appropriately with behavior exhibited by handicapped students.
• Remain calm under stress.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Supervise student.
• Perform routine clerical tasks and operate office and educational machines and equipment.

Skills

• Knowledge of problems involved in the care of severely mentally handicapped students.
• Methods and attitudes required in assisting severely mentally handicapped students with their personal needs and academic activities.
• Techniques in dealing appropriately with assaultive behavior.
• English usage, punctuation, spelling and grammar.
• Basic arithmetic concepts.
• Principles, goals and objectives of the educational process.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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