paraprofessional
adjEtymology From para- + professional.
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Of or relating to this assistance.
paraprofessional
nounEtymology From para- + professional.
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A person who is trained to assist a professional: for example, an assistant to an educator.
- While these were years of rapid growth, with increasing involvement of paraprofessionals, peer counselors, and, as Rosen says, "good-hearted gay people who wanted to be supportive to their gay brothers and sisters," the atmosphere was still that of a community peer counseling center rather than a professional mental health center or alcoholism treatment center per se.1979 December 8, Dick Bowring, “HATS Helps Gay Alcoholics”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 10:
- Derived terms
- para, paraprofessional educator, paraprofessionalism, paraprofessionally