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This is a largely frustrating topic because you have to argue so hard in an IEP meeting to get someone to be in a classroom with a kid to help the kid figure out what to do. But if you don’t have a person modeling the right behavior, or giving cues, the kid has no way to learn. So, you get the person in the classroom but they are not actually trained in anything (the standards are legally very low) and the person will end up being responsible for all the metrics that will measure your kids success or failure according to the IEP gods.

So this paper outlines why schools should pay to train the helper and what sort of training the person should have. The paper also shows the difference between what an untrained helper can do and what a trained helper can do. Training matters. Of course.

https://www.proquest.com/openview/336b4d846b88264ddf2eaea998445423/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750