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Back to: Module: Communication and Collaboration

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Overview

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Unit 1: Principles of Effective Communication
- Introductory Challenge
- Webinar
- Overview
- Activity: Improving Careful Listening
- Links for More Information
- Revisiting the Introductory Challenge
Unit 2: Communicating with Students
- Introductory Challenge
- Webinar
- Overview
- Tool for the Field: Effective Communication: Self-Evaluation Questionnaire for Paraprofessional Educators
- Links for More Information
- Revisiting the Introductory Challenge
Unit 3: Teams and Teaming
- Introductory Challenge
- Webinar
- Overview
- Tool for the Field: Who is Playing Which Role?
- Illustration
- Links for More Information
- Revisiting the Introductory Challenge
Unit 4: Communicating with your Supervising Teacher
- Introductory Challenge
- Webinar
- Overview
- Tool for the Field: Template for a Forthright Conversation
- Links for More Information
- Revisiting the Introductory Challenge
Unit 5: Communicating with Speakers of Other Languages Than English
- Introductory Challenge
- Webinar
- Overview
- Activity: Using English for School Work
- Links for More Information
- Revisiting the Introductory Challenge
Unit 6: Communicating with Parents
- Introductory Challenge
- Webinar
- Overview
- Tool for the Field: Planning for Communication with Parents
- Links for More Information
- Revisiting the Introductory Challenge
Unit 7: Inter-agency Collaboration
- Introductory Challenge
- Webinar
- Overview
- Illustration
- Activity: Visiting Another Organization
- Revisiting the Introductory Challenge
Unit 8: Recording and Sharing Data
- Introductory Challenge
- Webinar
- Overview
- Activity: Systematic Recording of Behavior
- Tool for the Field: Types of Data
- Revisiting the Introductory Challenge
Unit 9: Confidentiality
- Introductory Challenge
- Webinar
- Overview
- Activity: Confidentiality and School Culture
- Links for More Information
- Revisiting the Introductory Challenge
Unit 10: Putting it All Together
- Introductory Challenge
- Webinar
- Overview
- Illustration
- Links for More Information
- Revisiting the Introductory Challenge

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