The main duty of an SNA is aiding authorities to provide a suitable facility for a student or student with special needs arising from a disability. They can be involved full time. The non-teaching roles of an SNA include assistance to the classroom teacher in a non-teaching way and under the principal’s command, tidying and preparing the classroom to provide a safe, clean environment where the student with special needs in been taught, helping students on and off of transport i.e. buses and also providing assistance while travelling to a student if needed, assisting the student on trips and class outings, providing assistance with toileting, feeding and clothing, assisting the classroom teacher when school activities take place or during assembly, aiding physically disabled students with tasks such as writing or typing, providing companionship to pupils who may have left the classroom for a short period of time. The roles of an SNA are broad ranging and from a non-teaching nature. Nevertheless, the role of an SNA becomes wider raging when with a student with autism. Students with autism really build a strong relationship with their SNAs as they depend on them for many reasons. Trust is a huge issue and is something that is extremely important between the pupil and the SNA. The student must at all times feel safe and
The main duty of an SNA is aiding authorities to provide a suitable facility for a student or student with special needs arising from a disability. They can be involved full time. The non-teaching roles of an SNA include assistance to the classroom teacher in a non-teaching way and under the principal’s command, tidying and preparing the classroom to provide a safe, clean environment where the student with special needs in been taught, helping students on and off of transport i.e. buses and also providing assistance while travelling to a student if needed, assisting the student on trips and class outings, providing assistance with toileting, feeding and clothing, assisting the classroom teacher when school activities take place or during assembly, aiding physically disabled students with tasks such as writing or typing, providing companionship to pupils who may have left the classroom for a short period of time. The roles of an SNA are broad ranging and from a non-teaching nature. Nevertheless, the role of an SNA becomes wider raging when with a student with autism. Students with autism really build a strong relationship with their SNAs as they depend on them for many reasons. Trust is a huge issue and is something that is extremely important between the pupil and the SNA. The student must at all times feel safe and