BASIC FUNCTION: Assist the classroom teacher in providing or reinforcing instruction in an assigned special education program, such as Autistic (AUT), Communicatively Disabled (CD), Developmentally Disabled (DD), Designated Instruction Services (DIS), Emotionally Disturbed (ED), Learning Disabled (LD), Orthopedically Impaired (OI), Resources Specialist Programs (RSP), Severely Disabled (SD), and Visually Impaired (VI). EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Graduation from high school, one year of experience working with individuals or students in an organized setting, one of the following: completion of at least two years of study (48 semester units) in an institution of higher education or associate s degree or * pass the district paraprofessional test, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) compliant.