Daphne Demers

• Designed and implemented individualized education plans (IEPs) with a strong emphasis on social-emotional growth, self-regulation, and behavioral goals, while supporting academic development for students with special needs.
• Provide direct instruction in coping strategies, emotional awareness, and social skills, fostering student confidence, peer relationships, and classroom engagement.
• Implemented instructional techniques tailored to diverse learning styles and abilities.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to assess student progress and needs.
• Cultivate a safe, inclusive, and emotionally supportive classroom environment where students can build resilience, independence, and positive coping skills.

-Provided direct behavioral and academic support to kindergarten and first grade students.

-Implemented Positive Behavior Support Plans with integrity.

-Consulted regularly with supervising special educator, instructional strategist, general education teachers, and related service providers in order to provide highest level academic and behavioral support to students.

-Co-created composite program of 17 students with a variety of disabilities including ASD, ADHD, I.D., visual impairment and others.

-Co-managed 11 ed techs of varying ability levels.

-Provided quality case management of students to families of varying demographics.

-Developed Individualized Education Plans, Positive Behavior Support Plans, Individualized Remote Learning Plans and filed Chapter 33 Incident Reports in accordance with Maine Unified Special Education Regulations.

-Created, implemented and monitored Positive Behavioral Support Plans for students.

-Completed training on Lindamood Bell reading curriculum (Seeing Stars, Visualizing and Verbalizing, and LiPS).

-Managed caseload of ten students (K-4) with high incidence disabilities throughout summer 2021 to provide academic and behavioral support for extended school year services.

-Received training on various academic curricula including SPIRE, Handwriting Without Tears , and Every Day Math curricula.

-Provided direct reading instruction to students both in person and remotely.

-Implemented Positive Behavior Support Plans with integrity.

-Consulted regularly with supervising special educator, instructional strategist, general education teachers, and related service providers in order to provide highest level academic and behavioral support to students.

-Provided behavioral support to students in 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade as necessary.