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    • 24 comprehensive and flexible Para-Bytes co-taught by Dr. Julie Causton and Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak
    • The Bytes include videos with embedded chapters and closed captioning that total over 5.5 hours of transformative and evidence-based PD
    • Each video comes with Key PPTs and tons of printable and shareable handouts
    • A facilitator’s guide with many fun (and effective) options for how to roll out Para-Bytes
    • Suggestions for using the Para-Bytes during a variety of PD situations from staff meetings to inservice days to additional paid PD opportunities
    • Emails from us with check-ins, new ideas, troubleshooting, success stories to learn from others, and ideas to maintain momentum

Table of Contents

Foundational Bytes
Foundational Bytes Questions Foundational Byte Resource   Byte Length
FB 1 What is Inclusive Education? Definition of Inclusion 12 minutes
FB 2 What are the benefits of Inclusive Education? Benefits of Inclusion  9 minutes
FB 3 What does having a special education label mean, and how should I talk about the labels?

Federal Categories of Disability

Identity Wheel

16 minutes
FB 4 What does it mean to presume competence?

Strategies for Presuming Competence

A non-speaking valedictorian with autism gives her college’s commencement speech

26 minutes
FB 5 How can I best support students who do not use verbal speech? 11 Tips for Supporting Students Without Verbal Speech 15 minutes
FB 6 How can I “rethink” and “re-story” students?

Turning Lead to Gold

Transitioning to an Equity Lens

15 minutes
FB 7 What am I legally allowed to do? Legal FAQ 13 minutes
FB 8  What is my role in supporting students in an inclusive school? Paraprofessional Job Poster 8 minutes
Behavior Bytes
Behavior Bytes Behavior Byte Resource Byte Length
BB 1 How can I better understand “bad” or challenging behavior?

Human Ways of Being

Reactive vs. Ready Brain

15 minutes
BB 2 How can I respond to big emotions?

Turning Problems into Possibilities

4 Steps for Responding to Big Emotions

21 minutes
BB 3 What are magical behavior strategies that work nearly all of the time? 9 ideas for replacing behavior charts and clips 12 minutes
BB 4 How can I recognize and reduce stressors for students?

Common Stressors

10 Ways to Reduce Stressors

12 minutes
BB 5 How can I help students feel safe, seen, soothed, and secure? 4 S’s (Safe, Seen, Soothe, Secure) 12 minutes
BB 6 What are the behavioral strategies I should have at the ready? Lifelines to Have at the Ready 12 minutes
Academic Bytes
Academic Bytes  Academic Byte Resource Byte Length
AB 1 What are great on-the-fly supports to have at the ready? Academic Supports on the Fly 14 minutes
AB 2 How do I read and understand a student’s IEP?

How to Read an IEP

IEP at a Glance

12 minutes
AB 3 What are magical strategies for providing academic supports? Magical Strategies for Providing Academic Supports 19 minutes
AB 4 What is my role alongside the teacher during a lesson? Co-Teaching Models for Paras 15 minutes
AB 5 How can I help students when the direction from the teacher is “find a partner”? 45 Ways to Group Students Inclusively 12 minutes
AB 6 How can I create choices for students? Learning/Working Ways Menu 12 minutes
AB 7 What are easy ways to adapt just about anything for students? 100 Ways to Adapt Anything 12 minutes 
Independence/Interdependence Bytes
IB 1 How can I provide invisible supports?  Invisible Supports 12 minutes
IB 2 How can I fade supports?

Blank Prompting Ladder

Completed Prompting Ladder

12 minutes
IB 3 How do I facilitate relationships between students? Building Bridges 10 minutes

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