The school would not be giving him a paraprofessional (aide) if he weren’t impaired.
“The school would not be giving him a paraprofessional (aide) if he weren’t impaired.”
Was the “paraprofessional” for just him, or the whole class?
I’m thinking, the whole class. Like a teacher’s aid.
Not true. A Paraprofessional is often defined as
a person to whom a particular aspect of a professional task is delegated but who is not licensed to practice as a fully qualified professional.
In some school districts one must be a licensed teacher or a licensed substitute teacher. In other school districts, the title is given to anyone with a high school diploma. Paraprofessionals, Aides, Classroom Aides, Resource Aides, One on One Aides, Instructional Aides, etc. can be assigned to students or classrooms with students who have IEPs, 504s for medical or educational reasons or students in process aka INS&R. It depends on the State and District.