ERIC Number: EJ1253991
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Publication Date: 2020-Jun
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The Effects of a Bug-in-Ear Coaching Package on Implementation of Incidental Teaching by Paraprofessionals in a K-12 School
Rosenberg, Nancy E.; Artman-Meeker, Kathleen; Kelly, Elizabeth; Yang, Xueyan
Journal of Behavioral Education, v29 n2 p409-432 Jun 2020
Paraprofessionals play a critical role in the instruction of students with disabilities and yet they often receive inadequate training in using evidence-based teaching strategies. A promising avenue for improving paraprofessional training is distant bug-in-ear coaching (BIE), where a paraprofessional receives in-the-moment coaching on a teaching strategy from a coach at a different location. This study examined a BIE coaching package to support paraprofessionals in using incidental teaching for teaching self-advocacy skills to students with disabilities. The package included an initial individual didactic teaching session followed by distance BIE coaching. A multiple-baseline across participants design was used to assess the impact of the intervention on both the skills of the paraprofessionals and on student acquisition of self-advocacy statements. BIE coaching was associated with increases in both the accuracy and rate of incidental teaching trials and with use of self-advocacy statements by the students with disabilities.
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Technology Uses in Education, Incidental Learning, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Elementary Secondary Education, Students with Disabilities, Evidence Based Practice, Job Training, Advocacy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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