special educational needs teacher

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T - transversal skills and competences

S - skills

K - knowledge

L - language skills and knowledge

special educational needs teacher

Professionals

Teaching professionals

Other teaching professionals

Special needs teachers

special educational needs teacher

Description

Special educational needs teachers work with and teach children, young people, and adults with an intellectual or physical disability. They use a range of specialised concepts, strategies and tools to optimise learners' communication, mobility, autonomy, and social integration. They select teaching methods and support resources to enable individual learners to maximise their potential for independent living.

Alternative Labels

autism teacher

educator in special educational needs

SEN teacher

special educational needs professional

special education resource teacher

special education teacher

special needs educator

special needs teacher

teacher for hearing impaired children

teacher in special education needs

teacher of special educational needs

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Essential Skills and Competences

adapt teaching to student's capabilities apply intercultural teaching strategies apply teaching strategies assess students assess the development of youth assist children in developing personal skills assist children with special needs in education settings assist students in their learning assist students with equipment demonstrate when teaching encourage students to acknowledge their achievements give constructive feedback guarantee students' safety handle children's problems implement care programmes for children maintain relations with children's parents manage student relationships monitor children's physical development perform classroom management prepare lesson content provide specialised instruction for special needs students stimulate students' independence support children's wellbeing support the positiveness of youths

Essential Knowledge

curriculum objectives disability care disability types instructional strategies learning needs analysis social development special needs education special needs learning equipment

Optional Skills and Competences

advise on lesson plans attend to children's basic physical needs consult students on learning content escort students on a field trip facilitate motor skill activities liaise with educational staff liaise with educational support staff maintain students' discipline manage resources for educational purposes organise creative performance perform playground surveillance promote the safeguarding of young people provide learning support provide lesson materials support people with hearing impairment teach braille teach digital literacy teach kindergarten class content teach primary education class content teach secondary education class content teach sign language use learning strategies work with virtual learning environments

Optional Knowledge

assessment processes behavioural disorders common children's diseases communication disorders communication related to hearing impairment development delays hearing disability kindergarten school procedures learning difficulties mobility disability primary school procedures secondary school procedures visual disability workplace sanitation

Concept URI

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/976cbfcc-8958-4800-a435-71d15405a42a

Status

released

Skills & competences

special educational needs teacher

Description

Relationships

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