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Overview
Special educational needs teachers teach children, young people and adults with intellectual or physical disabilities, adapting learning so communication, mobility, autonomy and social integration can develop.
In job descriptions, look for individual learning needs, adapted lesson content, special needs equipment, sign language support, learner safety, development assessment and cooperation with educational support staff.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Special educational needs teacher work takes place around learners who need adapted teaching because of intellectual or physical disability. The practical work is lesson planning, communication support, mobility and autonomy training, learner safety, development assessment and close cooperation with educational support staff.
Skills and specializations
Strong roles name the learner group and support methods: sign language, special needs learning equipment, adapted primary education content, independence training or communication support. Specialization can sit around age group, disability type, assistive resources or assessment of youth development.
Pay context
Pay expectations depend on teaching responsibility, complexity of learner needs, independence in assessment and whether the role guides other staff. Compare adverts by class or learner load, support-resource responsibility, safety duties, family or support-staff contact and documented learning follow-up.
Career paths
Career development can move toward deeper special needs teaching, advisory work for other teachers, coordination of support resources or responsibility for complex learner assessments. A useful path keeps the focus on adapted education, learner autonomy and communication rather than generic school administration.
Good to know
Read vacancies for the exact learner setting. A clear advert should say whether the work is classroom teaching, individual support, mobility and communication development, sign language, special needs equipment, field trips, safety responsibility or cooperation with educational support staff.
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This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 5
Special Education Teachers, Preschool
25-2051.00
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Open in O*NETSpecial Education Teachers, Kindergarten
25-2055.00
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Open in O*NETSpecial Education Teachers, Middle School
25-2057.00
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Open in O*NETSpecial Education Teachers, Elementary School
25-2056.00
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Open in O*NETSpecial Education Teachers, Secondary School
25-2058.00
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Alternative labels
educator in special educational needs
autism teacher
special education resource teacher
special educational needs professional
special education teacher
SEN teacher
special needs educator
special needs teacher
teacher for hearing impaired children
teacher of special educational needs
teacher in special education needs
Occupation group
Special needs teachers (2352)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/976cbfcc-8958-4800-a435-71d15405a42a |
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| ESCO code | 2352.1 |
| ISCO group | 2352 |
| Concept type | Occupation |