Analysis of the webinar "Teacher Assistant Documentation: Principles of Conduct and Useful Tips" By Katerina Pitinova The speaker of this webinar is Ivashura Natalia - lecturer of the Department of Special Education and Special Psychology of the Kharkiv Humanitarian and Pedagogical Academy, Defectologist of the Novopokrovsky Inclusive Resource Center. The webinar is divided into two parts: 1. Organization of cooperation with members of the team of psychological and pedagogical support during the creation of an individual development program. 2. Documentation by a teacher's assistant: examples and design tips. The speaker began with introducing our the responsibilities of a teacher's assistant and talking in detail about each of them. After that she acquainted us with the composition of the support team and how the cooperation between the team members should be organized. there should be a clear division of responsibilities between members of the support team, the opportunity to discuss issues of interest to you with team members, She stressed the following provisions: the ability to share information about the child, its dynamics, school policy, administration decisions, events in the life of the institution. general behavioral and communication strategies, rules for teaching and technical staff should be discussed with team members. The speaker presented in detail the main documents of the teacher's assistant: • annual work plan, • teacher's work schedule, • list of students with special educational needs, • daily work plan of the teacher's assistant, • journal of observations of a child with special educational needs. A table of student observations was demonstrated, and how to use this table was discussed. This table records the observation of the student during the day, namely the observation of his emotional state during the lessons. The speaker told how to use the ABC table. This table is used by behavioral therapists. The table will help to analyze what exactly, what factor provoked the unwanted behavior of the child. The speaker also spoke about such documents of the teacher's assistant as: individual development program table of accounting for consultations and educational activities the child's portfolio I learned a lot of new and interesting things for myself as a future specialist in the development of an individual development program, what to use when creating it, how to interact with parents and teachers during its creation. The speaker provided a lot of interesting information about how the assistant should work with the parents of a child with special educational needs, how to better establish contact with them and how the assistant can help them. Conclusion I really enjoyed watching this webinar, I liked how the speaker conducted it, how she interacted with the audience, answered additional questions. The information and materials selected for the webinar are very valuable and will be useful for future teacher assistants and will help in the work of specialists who are already working.
