SS 210 - The Para educator as a Member of the Educational Team

Institution:

Erie Community College

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Description:

This course will allow students to develop an understanding of the historic roles and responsibilities of Para educators to the present day. Units will include roles and responsibilities of administrators and teachers in their interactions with Para educators; personal; qualities Para educators should possess; pedagogical needs of Para educators; legal issues Para educators may encounter and the latest New York State and federal guidelines on the use of Para educators. Each student will perform a minimum 15-hour classroom observation field experience. Prerequisite: EN 110 or permission of the Department Head or the Coordinator for Teacher Preparation Programs. F/S (C) tice many respiratory procedures within a hospital setting on both adult and pediatric populations. These procedures include non-invasive positive pressure breathing, incentive spirometry, manual ventilation, postural drainage and percussion, mechanical ventilation as well as the more specialized areas of pulmonary function testing, drawing and analyzing arterial blood gases and home care. Students are instructed and supervised by designated clinical instructors and instructed and evaluated by college faculty, all of whom are directed and supervised by the director of clinical education. Each semester, students will be assigned to a minimum of two clinical sites. More rotations may be utilized during any given semester depending on the number of students. The director of clinical education will assign students in such a way that each student receives an equal opportunity to achieve the objectives outlined in this manual. At each site, a student is assigned to a designated clinical instructor who he/she accompanies for the day. The student receives ongoing instruction in performing respiratory care procedures and practices these procedures under the supervision of the clinical instructor. An assigned college instructor visits each week for purposes of providing related instruction, observing student performance, coordinating instructors, holding clinical conferences for students and completing formal evaluations at the end of each site rotation. Prerequisites: Matriculation in the Respiratory Care program and successful completion of all previous Respiratory Care coursework.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ecc.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 842-2770

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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