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.

You Will Learn:   

✅ Top 10 Tips to Stay on Task

✅ 12 Key Strategies for Success

✅ 7 Considerations for Supporting Students

✅ Top Tips to Support Social Skills

✅ 10 Tips to Remember when Teaching Social Skills

✅ 10 Ways to Use Cooking to Teach

✅ Tips for Supporting Students Who Are Not Focusing or Following Directions

✅ Behaviour

✅ 11 Key Strategies for Understanding Behaviour

GREAT RESOURCES FOR TEACHER ASSISTANTS

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