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• Jennifer Polus | April 25th, 2011
  1. Identify one aspect of the paraprofessional's role that contributes to the Code of Ethics. Paraprofessionals should keep the information confident. The information about students should not be discussed outside of the school. This information is very private and only should be discussed in appropriate ways with the educational team. 2. Name 3 indicators of child abuse. Signs of child abuse are very visible and appear on the child's physical appearance. Injuries on the skin may be mild or severe. Some skin injuries may be scraps, bruises, burns, broken bones, and even malnutrition. Child abuse includes physical abuse, neglect, emotional maltreatment, and sexual abuse. 3. Name 2 guidelines you should follow when a child confides in you about abuse. One way is to reassure the child that he or she has done the right thing by telling you. Let the child know it is not their fault and that the child is not too blame or feel bad. Another way is to be very supportive and to be there for the child. The child came to you and needs your help. 4. Define Confidentiality and IEP Confidentiality is about priviledged and sensitive information pertaining to individual students. Paraprofessionals should not communicate about students in an inapproriate area. This information should not be discussed or talked about outside the school setting and only among the educational team. An Individualized Eduational Plan (IEP) is part of the student's special education records. An IEP is a legal document that was created for a specific student with goals, objectives, and needs for the specific student. 5. List 2 things you do to manage student behavior. I follow the ruleas and procedures that my teacher has set up and put in place. I work in a severe intense autism classroom and the classroom is very structured. The children in the room have a routine and have boundaries with expectaions. We use schedules, so the children know what to expect next. We also use picture icons, such as "task work first" and "then leisure time." Many of the children in the classroom are nonverbal, so they have to show us what they want. So, we encourage the children to show us by making choices.
• Lindsay Foerg | April 15th, 2011
  1. Identify one aspect of the paraprofessional’s role that contributes to the Code of Ethics. It is part of the paraprofessional’s job to keep confidential information confidential. Private information or opinions on private situations should be kept private and not discussed at inappropriate times. 2. Name three indicators of child abuse. Skin injuries, such as cuts and bruises, bone injuries, or sign of neglect, such as malnutrition 3. Name two guidelines you should follow when a child confides in you about abuse. Be supportive and control your own feelings 4. Confidentiality- A paraprofessional should never communicate, in any way, specific information about a student, student’s family, or program involving a student in an inappropriate place, such as out in the community or in the break room. Never complain about work related things, unless you do so to a supervisor in a private and appropriate way. IEP-An Individualized Education Plan is a legal document that was created by a team with a student’s needs, goals, and objectives in mind. 5. List two things you do to manage student behavior. I follow a set of rules put in place by my supervising teacher. Together we use both the mechanistic and respect, relationship, and solidarity approaches when dealing with a student’s behavior. We use a token economy daily, but when a problem become consistent, we recognize the need to communicate with the student what we expect and why we expect it while attempting to discover the cause of the ongoing issue.