After reading your post, it made recall when I was a paraprofessional working with all types of students. The most effective component of the job duty was to attend professional development opportunities that would help benefit my responsibilities of how to handle various types of behaviors and how to de-escalate a student in crisis mode. All the professional development opportunities that I attended were very helpful when working with students with problem behavioral disorders. Many times it was my duty to remove the student from the classroom to the hallway to not disturb further the classroom environment and allow for the student the opportunity to de-escalate to discuss later what had occurred and provide coping and reinforcement strategies
