**AVAILABLE** **DECEMBER 2020** # NEW EDITION ## of bestselling guidebook for paraprofessionals --- # Contents 1. About the Book 2. Interior Features 3. New Content 4. Online Materials 5. Facilitator’s Guide --- # About the Second Edition --- # About the Book What does a great paraprofessional need to know and do? You’ll find **real-world answers from two experts in the second edition of this** bestselling guidebook. Passionate inclusion advocates Julie Causton and Kate MacLeod bring you a supremely practical guide to surviving and thriving as an integral part of your school’s inclusive team. You’ll get immediately applicable strategies for mastering every facet of your complex role: collaborating with other team members, selecting accommodations and modifications, facilitating peer connections, fading your support, and much more. --- # About the Book And you’ll find a treasure trove of tools—including activities, learning checks, reproducible templates, FAQs, and short to-do lists—to help you reflect on your practice and strengthen your daily work. An essential hands-on guide for new and seasoned paraprofessionals—and a must-have for the educators and other professionals who support them—this empowering book takes the **guesswork out of this critical classroom role so you can help** students with disabilities reach their full potential. --- # About the Authors ## Julie Causton, Ph.D. Julie Causton is founder and chief executive officer of Inclusive Schooling. She is a former professor in the Inclusive and Special Education Program in the Department of Teaching and Leadership at Syracuse University. She has spent the past 20 years studying and creating best practices for inclusive education, with a specific focus on supporting students whose behavior challenges the educational system. ## Kate MacLeod, Ph.D. Kate MacLeod is an assistant professor of special education at the University of Maine at Farmington and founder and consultant at Inclusive Schooling. Her teaching, research, writing, and consulting are guided by a passion for inclusive education and social justice. --- # Interior Features --- About the Features The Paraprofessional’s Handbook for Effective Support in Inclusive Classrooms, Second Edition includes a variety of features designed to help readers feel engaged, supported, and empowered to implement the ideas and strategies discussed throughout. Examples include: - Reflection - Activities - To-Do-Lists - Legal Information - Definitions - Strategies --- # Reflection In each chapter, there are opportunities for the reader to self-reflect. --- # Activities Activities are included throughout the book to help readers apply their learning in unique contexts. --- # Quick Quiz Learning Tests Quick quizzes are included to engage readers and help them retain information. --- # To-Do Tasks Each chapter concludes with a to-do list that clearly outlines next steps. --- # Definitions Key terms are defined throughout the book to aid reader comprehension. --- # FAQs Each chapter contains answers to commonly asked questions about the corresponding topic. --- # Legal Information Legal information is included to further the reader’s understanding of the topics addressed. --- # Strategies Throughout the book, readers are provided with strategies, tools, and resources to help support their work. --- # New Content --- # About the Content In the new edition, you’ll find the following: - New chapter on Respectful Support for Developing Student Independence - More on key topics such as collaboration, presuming competence, and supporting social and academic success for students with diverse abilities - New and updated research, practices, digital tools, resources, examples, quiz questions, and reflection activities throughout the book - Package of online materials, including printable activities, forms, and worksheets --- # Table of Contents | Chapter 1 | The Paraprofessional | | --- | --- | | Chapter 2 | Inclusive Education | | Chapter 3 | Special Education | | Chapter 4 | Collaborating With Others | | Chapter 5 | Rethinking Your Students: Presuming Competence | | Chapter 6 | Providing Academic Supports | | Chapter 7 | Providing Social Supports | | Chapter 8 | Providing Behavior Supports | | Chapter 9 | Respectful Support for Developing Student Independence | | Chapter 10 | Supporting Yourself | --- # Online Materials --- # About the Materials Readers can access, download, and print the following from the Brookes Download Hub: - Printable activities, forms, and worksheets, including: - Key Terms Cheat Sheet - Activities Guide - Reflections Guide - And more! --- ## COMING # Facilitator’s Guide SOON --- # About the Facilitator’s Guide Planning and conducting professional development training sessions can be a complicated, time-consuming process. That’s why authors Julie Causton and Kate MacLeod created a Facilitator’s Guide as a helpful companion to this book. User-friendly and comprehensive, this guide is your one-stop resource for effectively planning and delivering six 1-hour live or virtual training sessions on The Paraprofessional’s Handbook for Effective Support in Inclusive Classrooms, Second Edition. --- # About the Facilitator’s Guide Designed to work with groups of all sizes, each training session outlined in the guide aligns with one or more chapters from the book and will deepen paraprofessionals’ understanding of key topics in inclusive education. You’ll use the guide to lead meaningful discussions with staff, communicate immediately useful information on scheduling and preparation, and enhance on-the-job knowledge and skills of the paraprofessionals you work with and/or supervise. --- # Components The digital Facilitator’s Guide includes everything you need to conduct sessions: - A manual, complete with checklists, key terms to know, talking points, activities, discussions, and frequently asked questions - Presentation slides for each session - Video clips from the authors introducing each session - Email templates to communicate with attendees - An editable certificate of completion --- # Learn more and order your copy! **[https://bpub.fyi/ParaHandbook2e**](https://bpub.fyi/ParaHandbook2e**) ---