There are a lot of great reasons to become a Para — you get to help kids with their people skills such as helping kids with reading and vocabulary.
“What I love about being a Para is the feeling that I get when the student I am working with accomplishes that goal,” said Lisa Lindman. “It can take the student one month to three months to finish that goal and to see how happy they get when they do finish the goal, is indescribable. I also love that I can make a difference in these kids’ lives, and to see how much they can grow by the end of the year is just amazing.”
There are also some draw backs to being a Para. You have to take a certain amount of hours for training
“I have to take six hours a year for training,” said Lindman. “Some of the classes that I take are CPR, how to properly take a student out of their wheelchair and to put them back in safely. I also take classes for how to deal with kids with Autism, and I also take a tube feeding class, which is when a kid can’t chew their food properly, so they have a tube in their stomach and is fed by having liquid food go down the tube.”
A draw back that can turn ugly really bad is when a kid misbehaves. The things that Paras need to keep in the back of their mind is to stay calm, to be patient, and if they can,to remove the student from the situation. One thing that people need to keep in mind is that kids with disabilities are just like any other kid. Once you get to know them you will see that they are really cool and fun kids.
