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SEE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION SP512 & SP512.A
These positions include working with students who may:
- Have serious behavior problems
- Have uneven patterns of intellectual functioning
- May have difficulty in understanding and expressing emotions
- Have disturbance in the capacity to relate appropriately to people, events and objects, communication, and social behavior
- Have no real fear of danger to self or others
- Have difficulty generalizing, following directions, sequencing, and staying on task outside their area of interest
- Resist change in routines
- Be nonverbal or delayed in language, speech, or meaningful communication
- Require assistance with the daily living needs of these children include toileting, special skills for feeding with extended time, assistance in mobility, placing student in a prone stander, frequent position changes throughout the day
- Exhibit low levels of cognitive functioning and problem solving
- Need academic assistance in specific educational programs
These positions also require:
- Administration of medication to Special Education and Regular Education Students in accordance with West Virginia Code 18-5-22 and County Policy
- Lifting a minimum of 100 lbs. vertically
- Working with adaptive equipment, prosthetic devices, and augmentative communication devices
- Participation in and implementation of specialized training, including CPR, First Aide, Passive Restraint, Behavior Management, etc.
- Working with developmentally disabled students, medically fragile and/or orthopedically impaired students
- Providing direct supervision and attending to personal care needs
- Implementation of health care and behavior plans
- Working in a team teaching setting under the supervision of certified professionals
- Implementation of intervention techniques, positioning, lifting and handling techniques designed by teacher and related services providers
- The use of Physical Intervention and Support Techniques
- Job coach responsibilities with appropriate training as needed