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School-Based Screening to Determine Overreliance on Paraprofessionals

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VT-Center on Disability & Community Inclusion, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2008

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This article describes the development and directions for using a 16-item screening tool designed to assist cross-stakeholder school teams in determining the extent to which they may be overreliant on special education paraprofessionals or utilizing them inappropriately. The content of tool is based on contemporary, descriptive, research regarding paraprofessionals in inclusive schools. Additionally, the article describes the field-testing of the screening tool in 27 schools (grades K-12) in six states. Findings suggest that all 16 screening items represent substantial concerns that interfere with quality inclusive schooling. Implications for practice are discussed.

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Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

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Professionals, Students

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