Special education Para-professionals in United States: Framework for core competencies

Abstract

A lot of paraprofessionals have been recruited in American mainstreaming schools and classes for children with disabilities. Their responsibilities are supporting those children to accomplish curriculum and to develop various skills in inclusive education. A framework consisting of 7 core competencies of special education paraprofessionals was built up to fundamentally develop and enhance the competencies of special education paraprofessionals. Those core competencies should be referred to in Vietnam as a foundation for developing the human resource of paraprofessionals including recruiting, pre-service and in-service training, and evaluation.