Three questions from a special education teacher are answered below with the citations from federal law. Question #1: When IDEA 1997 was reauthorized as IDEA 2004, Section 1400 Findings and Purposes, Paragraph (E)(i) and (ii) were deleted in entirety. Are teachers no longer required to be highly-qualified in IDEA 2004? Answer: In IDEA 2004, 20 […]
Tags: Classroom Aides · One-on-One · Paraprofessionals
(Moved from the Community Helpline) The school is proposing to have the majority of our autistic son’s special ed services provided by a classroom aide. They are saying the aide doesn’t need formal training or experience because he/she will be supervised by a highly qualified special ed person. How much training is implied by 1400 […]
Tags: Classroom Aides · FAQs · One-on-One · Paraprofessionals
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