Role of Inclusion Assistant

• To supervise a student in a small group or one to one differentiated activities in class or common learning environment in partnership with the teacher, therapists and Student Support team to develop academic, social, emotional and behavioral skills
• To assist the student to better perform at some or all the activities throughout the school day through scaffolding and tapering prompts towards independence
• To foster confidence and potential to work independently in her environment

Responsibilities * Assist/provide auditory and vestibular breaks pre-schedule throughout the day (sensory diet)

• Target Student Success Plan (SSP) goals
• Consistent language, interventions and approaches across day and classes
• Support Stage 2 and 3 Meltdowns
• Alternative / additional time to self-regulate
• Alternative space
• Meaningful conversations
• Security and Safety of leaving class
• Support with external and internal transitions
• Pre-warnings and during transitions
• When takes longer to move to next class and still within classroom
• Within class for undesirable activities and classes (Arabic, Islamic, Specials)
• Academic task redirection and engagement
• Levels of prompting and scaffolding
• Academic differentiated and alternative tasks
• Support and development of social pragmatics
• pre-emtp social situations via social stories etc.
• verbal / non-verbal cues
• Sentence starters for collaboration / partnering
• Support the grade level targets for Social and Communication skills
• Data collection, analysis and monitoring in partnership with teacher, therapists and support team
• provide clues about the kind of language or instructions to which the child is more comfortable and responsive
• Other duties as assigned

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