Teacher Aides

Strategies for Success – Insights from Dream Team

(Lived Experience, Teacher, Teacher Assistant & Parent)

Teachers Aide Strategies for Success

Teacher Assistant Success Strategies

Discussed in this Episode:

✅ Be a Translator: Act as a translator between the student and the world around them.

✅ Build Positive Bonds: Encourage healthy relationships and bonds with the student.

✅ Provide Familiarity: Serve as a consistent and familiar presence in the midst of change and unpredictability.

✅ Support, Not Replace: Enhance the work of the teacher, but do not replace their role as the primary instructor.

✅ Collaborate: Work together with the teacher as a team, focusing on the common goal of supporting the student.

✅ Tap into Creativity: Contribute creative ideas and approaches to support the student’s learning and engagement.

✅ Facilitate Connections: Help facilitate positive social connections between the student and their peers.

✅ Empower Student Choice: As the student gets older, empower them to have a say in how they access and utilize their TA support.

✅ Protect Thriving Areas: When withdrawing students for additional support, avoid taking them out of classes where they thrive and engage well.

✅ Share Your Knowledge: Teacher Assistants often have deep knowledge about the student, so share this wisdom with the teacher to help inform their approach and strategies.

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Check out my other Podcast on Why Schedules can Help Establish Routines:

Episode 157: How to Create Independence for students on the Autism Spectrum using 3 Key Ingredients

Discussed in this Episode:

✅ Time is the Number one Accommodation and Adjustment every classroom needs to puts in place

✅ 4 Types of Schedules

✅ Why you need a range of Schedules

✅ Why knowing how long is so important

✅ Range of Visuals to Use

✅ Timer + Visual + Schedule = Independence

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