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<div align="center">SPECIAL FRIENDS PROGRAM 
Lancaster Central School District 
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</div><div align="center">CHILD ASSOCIATE 
(Para-Professional) 
 
</div><div align="left"> Entry Requirements and Mandatory components: 
 Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and must submit the following 
 items prior to the interview: 
 
<table><tr><td> </td><td>1) A completed application including (3) references 
2) A resume 
3) A letter of intent explaining why you are interested in becoming a Child 
</td></tr></table><table><tr><td> </td><td> Associate. 
 
 Child Associates are selected based on completion of the above stated items 
 along with an evaluation of your interpersonal skills and desire to work with 
 children. Applicants are also subject to a thorough screening process including 
 reference and police background checks. 
 
 *Take part in the program for the entire academic year 
 *Partake in an interview with Program Coordinator 
 *Complete Participation in Child Associate Training held in the fall 
 *Attendance at monthly in-service instructional workshops 
 *Participation in Special Friends Goals and Progress Conferences 
 *Maintain a weekly journal documenting your interactions with the students 
 *Maintain regular correspondence with Coordinator and Site Supervisors 
 
 Your role as a Child Associate 
 *Child Associates are typically assigned to work in one elementary school 
 and will be assigned to work individually with 5-7 students, meeting for one-half hour 
 on a weekly basis from October through early May. 
 
</td></tr></table><table><tr><td> </td><td>1) To develop a positive, nurturing, relationship with referred children to reduce their dysfunctional behavior in the classroom and elsewhere, and to improve their behavior, 
educational performance and social relationships. 
 
2) Uses conversation, creative play materials, games, academic coaching and other 
approaches referred to during training and in your manual to achieve prescribed 
goals with individual children. 
 
3) Converses with children and establishes an atmosphere to encourage their 
</td></tr></table><table><tr><td> </td><td> expression of feelings and ideas. Deals effectively and constructively with such 
 feelings and ideas. 
 
</td></tr></table><table><tr><td> </td><td>4) Helps to build confidence and self-esteem in children through one-to-one 
and/or group interactions. 
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