2.1 (2K1C): Knowledge of the similarities and differences between cognitive, communicative, physical, social, and emotional needs of students and the factors that influence these different needs.
2.5 (2K5B): Awareness of the potential implications of various student characteristics on learning and achievement.

Facilitator Supplement

Worksheets in this Unit

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Lesson 2R

• Normal Social and Emotional Development

Lesson 3R

• Human Development and Students

Facilitated Activity

Activities included in this section are only those activities that will be led by the facilitator. Other activities can be found in the lessons.

1. Activity for Erikson's Eight Stages
2. Activity for Developmental Stages of Children (Students)

Discussion Ideas

The following articles may provide a good starting point for discussions within your learning group.

1. Discussion between facilitator and students: How can theories and knowledge of human development help paraprofessionals do their job better? How?
2. Discuss Activity 1 on Erikson's Eight Stages. In this activity paraprofessionals reflected on their own development within the Erikson's eight stages of social/emotional development. What did they find? Was it easy to for them to determine whether or not they had mastered or "resolved" a stage? Did they find that they had resolved some of the more advanced stages and not some of the earlier ones? Did they find that they resolved some of a stage well and other parts of the same stage not so well? If so, what does this mean about the theory behind the framework?
3. Discuss Activity 2 on Developmental Stages of Children (Students). In this activity paraprofessionals thought about one student and compared what they new about this student with the development levels described on a human development chart. Did they find that the student was at the same age level across the "physical," "social," "language," "cognitive" domains that were charted? If not, what did they find and what does this tell them about the student? Also, how might this knowledge affect their teaching the student?

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