- Special education or special needs education is the practice of educating students with special needs in a way that addresses their individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials, accessible settings, and other interventions designed to help learners with special needs achieve a higher level of personal self-sufficiency and success in school and community than would be available if the student were only given access to a typical classroom education.
- Special education teachers work with students who have a wide range of learning, mental, emotional, and physical disabilities. They adapt general education lessons and teach various subjects, such as reading, writing, and math, to students with mild and moderate disabilities. They also teach basic skills, such as literacy and communication techniques, to students with severe disabilities.
Eligibility:
- After completing 10+2 one can enter the career field either doing a diploma course or a bachelor of special education programme.
- After completing bachelor’s degree you can apply for B.Ed. – Stands for Bachelor of Education. This degree is meant for future educators and education administrators. Subjects usually studied under this degree are Principles of Education, Fundamentals of Teaching, Educational Psychology, Sociology of Education, Guidance & Counseling, Educational Evaluation, Curriculum & Instruction etc.
Job prospects:
- Career of special education teacher is highly rewarding . Special education teachers work with students who have a wide variety of mental, emotional, physical, and learning disabilities. Toddlers with disabilities learn to develop motor, cognitive, language, self-help, and social skills through play with the help of special education teachers. As these teachers work with students who have learning difficulties, they must be creative and apply different types of teaching techniques after understanding their students special needs in order to motivate them. Each student may have to be given individual care.
- Special education teachers usually work along with speech therapists, psychologists and physiotherapists. Special education teachers may work in a public or private special school either with groups of students or on an individual basis.
