Special Education Teachers, Elementary School
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.
Also called: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher (DHH Teacher) · Emotional Disabilities Teacher · Hearing Impaired Itinerant Teacher (HI Itinerant Teacher) · Learning Support Teacher · Resource Program Teacher · Severe Emotional Disorders Elementary Teacher (SED Elementary Teacher)
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Top skills employers ask for
Ranked by O*NET importance for this occupation.
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Learning Strategies
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Monitoring
- Active Learning
- Mathematics
- Science
What they actually do
Core O*NET tasks for this role.
- Develop or implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.
- Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.
- Modify the general elementary education curriculum for students with disabilities.
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, or administrative regulations.
- Prepare classrooms with a variety of materials or resources for children to explore, manipulate, or use in learning activities or imaginative play.
- Coordinate placement of students with special needs into mainstream classes.
- Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Encourage students to explore learning opportunities or persevere with challenging tasks to prepare them for later grades.
- Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, or social development.
- Monitor teachers or teacher assistants to ensure adherence to special education program requirements.
Tools & technology
- American Sign Language Browser
- Children's educational software
- Drawing software
- EasyCBM
- goQ WordQ
- Individualized Educational Program IEP software
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Rethink Ed
- Scientific Learning Fast ForWord
- Screen magnification software
- Screen reader software
- Synapse outSPOKEN
- The vOICe Learning Edition
- Voice activated software
- Web browser software
- Email software
Knowledge areas
- Education and Training
- English Language
- Customer and Personal Service
- Computers and Electronics
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
- Psychology
- Public Safety and Security