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Lately I have been working with a number of parents and schools during this busy time of year, when IEPs are needing to be revisited and plans for next year put in place for kids with disabilities (take a minute to read my posts about IEPs for some ideas of where to begin and important things to think about during this very necessary, and hopefully meaningful, process). During the conversations I have been having lately, it dawned on me that when people are planning for next year and thinking about what did or didn’t work well this year, the use of paraprofessionals to support kids with disabilities is a central issue that can make or break a student’s success. IEPs that include paraprofessionals must consider quality professional development and the time to do that development effectively for paraprofessionals. Now is the time to start thinking about how that can look, and planning when it will happen. I have a great resource to offer.

The i-Skills would hold videos to help individuals communicate and live more independently. Researchers say it will be like a cookbook for everyday tasks. They plan to involve people with disabilities at every level of the three-year project.

SESI follows four key principles concerning iPad integration in our classrooms: I = Involvement P = Preparation A = Application D = Development

Developed by SESI’s department of curriculum and instruction, under the leadership of Autumn Kelley with technological support by Adrian Pellew, director of technology, these four principles form the corners of the learning model our teachers employ to support options for iPad use in fun, creative ways for kids with a wide variety of needs.

“Technology provides avenues for one-to-one instruction in the classroom setting that didn’t exist 10 years ago