How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Elementary School

  • Learning and Behavioral Disabilities Teacher

  • Teach academic, social, and life skills to elementary school 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 educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, or social development.
  • 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.
  • Organize and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their perceptual skills.
  • Plan or conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
  • Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.

  • Display student work.
  • Evaluate student work.