Special education teachers provide additional teaching to children with special educational needs in a number of different ways including:
- assessing and recording the child’s needs and progress
- setting specific, time-related targets for each child and agreeing these with the class teacher and principal
- teaching the children, either with the rest of the child’s class or in a separate room
- advising class teachers about differentiating the curriculum to suit different children
- meeting with and advising parents, accompanied by the class teacher, as needed
- meeting other professionals such as psychologists, speech and language therapists, visiting teachers in relation to a child’s special educational needs.
