2352-Special needs teachers

Main Tasks include -

• (a) assessing students' abilities and limitations with regard to intellectual, physical, social and emotional impairments, exceptional intellectual gifts, or other specific problems
• (b) designing or modifying curricula and preparing and delivering programmes, lessons and activities adapted to students? abilities and needs
• (c) giving instruction on an individual or group basis using special techniques or aids appropriate to students? needs
• (d) employing special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory
• (e) establishing and enforcing rules for behaviour and policies and procedures to maintain order among students
• (f) teaching academic subjects, and practical and self-help skills to students with hearing, sight and other impairments
• (g) stimulating and developing students? confidence interests, abilities, manual skills and coordination
• (h) conferring with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons for special needs students
• (i) preparing and maintaining student data and other records and submitting reports
• (j) administering various forms of assessment and evaluating progress of each student
• (k) conferring with students, parents, head teacher and other relevant professionals involved in the students? care to develop individual educational plans designed to promote students' development.