One important issue that we often see when teaching students with special needs is the difference between helping students to complete tasks themselves and hovering over them.
The Council for Exceptional Children published a study that addresses and clarifies this issue, Helping or Hovering? Effects of Instructional Assistant Proximity on Students with Disabilities. This study can be an important resource for those who work with these students.
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