It has been three years since Renay attended a Cal-TASH. Even online. So celebrating our Twelfth Anniversary at Cal-TASH was most definitely a celebration.
We Talk Frequently About Cal-TASH and TASH
Truthfully, unless you are going to a paraeducator specific conference, and they do exist, you are not going to get a lot of information about special education. Cal-TASH is for self-advocates, families of self-advocates, policy makers, teachers, related service providers, and people involved in special education. The theme for 2024 was around supportive living and housing.
The housing market in general is an issue not just to people who do not have disabilities but is more complicated for people with disabilities. Hearing solutions and possibilities for folks in the disability community is important. And that opened Friday morning.
The housing market in general is an issue not just to people who do not have disabilities but is more complicated for people with disabilities.
ParaEducate
Renay attended sessions about responding to legislation for education topics, new legal issues that the Ninth Circuit Court has made judgements on for students with disabilities, sessions about the California Alternative Assessment, college opportunities for students with disabilities, providing systems for teaching both self-determination and identifying issues with special education teacher health, and Sexual Education for people with disabilities.
Each session takes a different set of skills to participate and think about how to connect to students with disabilities especially in the K-12 world. While the theme was looking forward for all people with disabilities and how to teach those initial skills now for students with disabilities. What might those skills be?
If you are looking…
For specific training, your choices are
- your district
- your union
- your coworkers
- National Resource Center for Paraeducators
- Books (like ParaEducate)
- online resources
- Conferences that focus on individuals with disabilities
There are pros and cons for each one, but getting that consistent check in helps your growth. When the district invests in an individual paraeducator they help reach out to more than one single point: they reach a full classroom, a campus, a full district, a community.
Do you have any comments about this month’s blog? Do you have a question for us? Would you like to have an opportunity to pilot some materials at your campus? Find ParaEducate online here, here, here, here, and on our website. ParaEducate is a company providing materials, information, and strategies for people working in special education inclusion settings for grades K-12. ParaEducate, the blog, is published once a month during the academic school year. ParaEducate shares their findings at conferences, through their books, and their academic adaptations.
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