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Powerful Paraprofessionals Creating Positive Relationships Deborah C. Lickey Project Coordinator: Virginia Paraprofessional Early Childhood Training Project. “ Wait right there while I get my cape!” . Agenda. Who’s Here?
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Powerful Paraprofessionals Creating Positive Relationships Deborah C. Lickey Project Coordinator: Virginia Paraprofessional Early Childhood Training Project “Wait right there while I get my cape!”
Agenda • Who’s Here? • The Multiple Opportunities for Paraprofessionals to Promote Positive Relationships • Accessing the CSEFEL Materials and Trainings to Further Professional Development • Identifying the Importance of Teaching Social Emotional Skills: Why, When, What, and How • Developing Friendship Skills
Participant Objectives • Participants will be able to identify the unique opportunities that Paraprofessionals encounter throughout their day to influence social-emotional skills. • Participants will be able to use the CSEFEL website for additional information regarding social-emotional development • Participants will be able to discuss why it is important to be more intentional about teaching social emotional skills. • Participants will be able to identify strategies for supporting the development of friendship skills.
Who is being Represented in our group today? Paraprofessionals • In Early Childhood? • In Elementary School? • In Special Education? Teachers? Directors/ Administrators? Parents? Others?
Unique Opportunities for Paraprofessionals to Teach Social Skills throughout the day… • Snack time • Outside • More Ideas… • Why might these opportunities be different for Para-professionals vs Teacher point of view and focus?
The CSEFEL Model: A Comprehensive Tool to Teach Multiple Social Emotional Skills http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/index.html
CSEFEL Modules offer multiple resources for teaching social skills • Powerpoint • Training Kits • Social stories • Feeling Charts …And lots more