Building Communities of Belonging: Making Connections Virtually and Motivating Student Engagement

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November 10, 2020

  Participants will learn effective strategies that can help establish, maintain and restore relationships with students and adults. When educators intentionally use positive strategies for building…

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Lizabeth Barajas

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Be a Stellar Skills Trainer

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November 10, 2020

Supporting students as a skills trainer in a job experience takes skills and knowledge that are often not discussed prior to stepping into that role.…

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Nicole Wetjen

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Strategies for Reading in Middle School and High School

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November 10, 2020

As para-professionals, your duties may include working with students to improve their reading and writing.  This might be working with students in small groups and…

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Robin Brierly

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Navigating the Seven C’s: Coping in a Crisis while Caring for Kids

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November 10, 2020

When it comes to promoting students’ social-emotional and academic success, paraeducators have one of the most stressful yet essential occupations. Unfortunately, few groups of professionals…

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Aria Fiat

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Nebraska VR Pre-Employment Services

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November 10, 2020

This session is an overview of Pre-Employment transition services and is geared towards para professionals who work with transition aged students. Nebraska VR staff report…

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Brigid Griffin

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Incentives to Impact the Longevity of Paraprofessionals

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November 10, 2020

From research, I will share incentives that impact the longevity of paraprofessionals. A summary of research will be shared with the participants from a paraprofessional…

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Tonya Jolley

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What Do I Do if They Don’t? Behavior Strategies that Everyone Should

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November 10, 2020

 It is no secret that paraeducators are often faced with behaviors by children that may not be easy to understand.  Sometimes those behaviors are difficult…

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Matt McNiff

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Transition to Independence: Helping Students Help Themselves

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November 10, 2020

This session focuses on how paraeducators can support students with disabilities in gaining independence skills in academics and daily living.  Finding the balance between “too…

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Michalla Schartz

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There’s More to Being a Paraeducator! Strategies for working with students with multiple disabilities.

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November 10, 2020

In this session, you will learn many creative strategies for working with students with multiple disabilities and severe disabilities. Do you have frustrations with getting…

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Leslie Wagner , Katie Whisler

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When Do I? What Do I? What Is? Answering your Questions Supporting Students with Assistive Technology

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November 10, 2020

Have you ever felt like you didn’t have enough information to be effective in your job?  Have you ever worked with students who use assistive…

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Brian Wojcik, Stacy Hauser

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