Multi-Handicapped Students Special Education Teacher
Primary Special Education Teacher
Primary Special Educator
Profound Mental Handicaps Special Education Teacher
Reading Specialist
Resource Specialist
Resource Room Special Education Teacher
Self Contained Special Education Teacher
Severe Mental Handicaps Special Education Teacher
Teach academic, social, and life skills to kindergarten 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.
Administer standardized ability and achievement tests to kindergarten students with special needs.
Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, or social development.
Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory.
Instruct students with disabilities in academic subjects, using a variety of techniques, such as phonetics, multisensory learning, or repetition to reinforce learning and meet students' varying needs.
Monitor teachers or teacher assistants to ensure adherence to special education program requirements.
Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.
Visit schools to tutor students with sensory impairments or to consult with teachers regarding students' special needs.
Assist students with special educational needs.
Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
