Severe/Profound Mental Handicaps Special Education Teacher
Teach academic, social, and life skills to preschool-aged students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.
Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual education plans (IEPs).
Coordinate placement of students with special needs into mainstream classes.
Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory.
Monitor teachers or teacher assistants to ensure adherence to special education program requirements.
Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, or social skills, to preschool students with special needs.
Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.
Assist students with special educational needs.
Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
