May a paraprofessional be assigned to support the special education services for a student with a disability in a homebound or neutral site?
A paraprofessional may be assigned duties in a homebound or neutral site that support the instructional activities directly introduced to a student by the licensed special education teacher. There must be sufficient contact between the special education teacher and the paraprofessional, and between the teacher and the student, to enable the teacher to diagnose educational needs, prescribe teaching and learning procedures, and evaluate the effects of teaching in a homebound or neutral site. Refer to IDEA state complaint #00-033 at http://dpi.wi.gov/sped/complaints/com00033.html for a discussion of this issue.
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