Tools for You: Lending Library

IPSP has a lending library of materials that you can borrow for up to 60 days at a time. The materials include texts, workbooks, and videos - some with ideas for supporting paraeducators, others actual professional development materials. You may browse the list below or click here to download a Microsoft Word version of this list.

To request materials go to the “contact us” page and submit your name, address, and the requested materials. Or you can contact us via phone at 317.274.0650 with your request. Materials will be sent to you by US mail free of charge. However you are responsible for return shipping charges.


Resources to Check-Out

Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis Fourth Edition, by Richard A. Johnson and Dean W. Wichern

At the End of the Day: Lessons Learned in Inclusive Education, by Marquita Grenot-Scheye, Mary Fisher, Debbie Staub and Luanna H. Meyer

Coaching: A Strategy for Developing Instructional Capacity Promises & Practicalities, by Barbara Neufld and Dana Roper

Choosing Collaboration Teachers:  Partnerships that Changed Individuals and Their Practice, by Chris Louth, Simon Hole and Leah Rugen

Colleagues as Critics: Two Teachers Reflect on a Peer Review Experience, by Peggy Silva & Edorah Frazer

Connecting Students: A Guide to Thoughtful Friendship Facilitation for Educators and Families, by C. Beth Schaffner & Barbara E. Buswell

A Core Curriculum and Training Program To Prepare Paraeducators to Work in Center- and Home-Based Programs for Young Children With Disabilities From Birth to Age 5, by Anna Lou Pickett, Barbara Semrau, Karen Faison, and John Formaneck

A Core Curriculum and Training Program to Prepare Paraeducators to Work in lnclusive Classrooms Serving Sschool-age Students With Disabilities, by Anna Lou Pickett, Karen Faison and John Fromanek.

A Core Curriculum & Training Program to Prepare Paraeducators to Work with Learners Who have Limited English Proficiency, by Anna Lou Pickett, Lynn Safarik and Jana Echevarria.

Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn From Each Other, by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot.

Enhancing Skills of Paraeducators, Second Edition Video Series, by Robert L. Morgan, David E. Forbush and Deanna Avis

Unit 1: Educating Students with Disabilites-Goals & Implications
Unit 2: A Paraeducator’s Role in the Educational Process
Unit 3: Strengthening Communication Skills
Unit 4: Strengthening Behavior
Unit 5: Strengthening Skills with Effective Instruction

Handbook of Special Education, by James M. Kauffman and Daniel P. Hallahan

Helping New Teachers Cope, by Cynthia Simon Millinger

Inquiry and Action:  Making school Improvement Part of Daily Practice, by Frank D. Barnes

Learning Our Students Well: Three Teachers Rebuild Their Practice Around Habits of Mind, by Simon Hole, Randall Wisehart and Ted Graf

Let’s Team Up, by Kent Gerlach

Managing Paraeducators in Your School, by Nancy K. French.

Melding: a Partner Teacher’s Guide to Working with Paraeducators Who Support Students with
Disabilities (Lines Line Series), by M. Johnson, Ed.D, M. Lasater, Ed.D, and M. Fitzgerald, M.Ed.

Power Paraeducator Testing and Portfolio Documentation Guide (Life Lines Series).

Para Educators: Life Lines in the Classroom Training Series, by M. Lasater, Ed.D, M. Johnson, Ed.D and M. Fitzgerald, M.Ed.

Module 1: Defining the Role of the paraEducator
Module 2: Celebrating Similarities: Students with Disabilities
Module 3: The IEP Process: The Role of the ParaEducator
Module 4: Supporting the Instructional Process
Module 5: Behavior Improvement Strategies
Module 6: Least Restrictive Environment

Paraeducator Entry-Level Training for Supporting Students with Disabilities [Participant’s Manual], by Eileen Cichos Kikelly, Linda Backus, Michael F. Giangreco and Priscilla Sherman-Tucker

ParaPro Assessment Study Guide/ test codes 0755 and 1755 Practice & Review by ETS.

Paraprofessional’s Guide to the Inclusive Classroom, by Mary Beth Doyle.

Para Bility CEC Paraeducator Standards Workbook, by Council for Exceptional Children.

Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever, by Mem Fox.

Restitution: Restructuring School Discipline, by Diane Chelsom Gossen.

Sourcebook for Teaching Assistants in Early Childhood Education, by Gen Shelton, Editor.

Strengthening and Supporting Teacher/Provider-Paradeucator Teams: Guidelines for Paraeducator Roles, Supervision, and Preparation, by Anna Lou Pickett.

Supervising Paraeducators in Educational Settings: A Team Approach, by Anna Lou Pickett & Kent Gerlach.

Supporting Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Schools: A Curriculum for Job-Embedded Paraprofessional Development, by Gail Ghere, Jennifer York-Barr, and Jennifer Sommerness.

Supporting Students with Severe Disabilities: A Paraeducator Curriculum [Participant’s Manual], by Timothy Fox.

Supporting Students with Severe Disabilities: A Paraeducator Curriculum [Instructor’s Manual], by Timothy Fox

Triplicity:  Administrator’s Guide to Facilitaing the Partner Teacher/Paraeductor Partnership (Life Lines Series).

Training Program to Prepare Teachers to Supervise and Work Effectively with Paraeducator Personnel, edited, by Anna Lou Pickett.

The Schools That Teachers Choose, by Susan Moore Johnson and Sarah E. Birkeland

The Energy to Teach, by Donald L. Graves

Writing Worthwhile Behavioral Objectives, by Julie S. Vargas

You Can’t Say You Can’t Play, by Vivian Gussin Paley