7.3 (7S4C, 7S7C): Ability to be sensitive and respectful in communications regarding all children and families – regardless of differences in cultural heritage, lifestyle, values, and home environment.
7.4 (7K2B): Awareness of the roles of students, parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, and other school and community personnel in planning an individualized program, when relevant.

Summary

You have reached the conclusion of this unit. Choosing the next arrow will take you back to the core area home page. Please have your facilitator advise you on what steps to take next.

To continue exploring topics addressed in this unit follow the explore link from the core area home page.

Information for this unit was gathered, in part, from the following resources:

Communicating with Culturally Diverse Parents of Exceptional Children. Retrieved on April 16, 2002, from ERIC DIGEST Web site: http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9220/diverse.htm (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED333619)

Essential Elements of Effective Teams adapted with permission from training materials developed by the American Federation of Teachers, Washington D.C.

Kjerland, L., Neiss, J., Franke, B., Verdon, C. & Westman, E. (1987). Roles of Essential Team Members. Paper presented at the ARC Minnesota Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

PACER Center (2002). Does My Child Have an Emotional or Behavioral Disorder? Retrieved on April 16, 2002, from the PACER Center Web site: http://www.pacer.org/ebd/ebdart.asp

Project PARA (n.d.). Paraeducator Self Study Program. Retrieved on April 15, 2002, from Project PARA Web site: http://para.unl.edu/default.html

Task Functions, Maintenance Functions, and Anti-Group Functions adapted with permission from training materials developed by the American Federation of Teachers, Washington D.C.

The Para eLink is sponsored by the Minnesota Paraprofessional Consortium, in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Education, located at the Institute on Community Integration in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota.

E-mail us with questions and comments about this site.

© 2001-2003 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
This page last modified
URL
Online Privacy Statement