Plano ISD Academy High School – Peer Assistance for Students with Disabilities

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This course provides peer assistants the opportunity to develop leadership and communication skills while promoting an inclusive educational environment for special education students. Peer assistants obtain initial training in confidentiality, cueing, prompting, and positive reinforcement upon enrollment in the course and mini sessions throughout the semester. Peer assistants assist the teacher in the general education or special education classroom setting by modeling appropriate learning behaviors, assisting with hands-on learning activities and developing activities to facilitate inclusion in the classroom. The goal is to create a relationship among age appropriate peers of differing abilities, both socially and academically. to college courses. It is a study of the: research and theory in the psychology of learning, cognition, and motivation; factors that impact learning, and application of learning strategies. Theoretical models of strategic learning, cognition, and motivation serve as the conceptual basis for the introduction of college-level student academic strategies. Students use assessment instruments (e.g., learning inventories) to help them identify their own strengths and weaknesses as strategic learners. Students are ultimately expected to integrate and apply the learning skills discussed across their own academic programs and become effective and efficient learners.