Special Education Teachers, Preschool

Special Education Teachers, Preschool

Teach preschool school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.

Key Competencies * Adaptability/Flexibility * Integrity * Self Control * Achievement/Effort * Dependability * Cooperation * Initiative * Concern for Others * Persistence * Stress Tolerance

Representative Tasks * Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory. * Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement. * Communicate nonverbally with children to provide them with comfort, encouragement, or positive reinforcement.

Industry

Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance,

Job Family Education, Training, and Library

Sample Job Titles Blind Teacher, Braille Teacher, Deaf Education Teacher, Early Childhood Special Education Teacher (ECSE Teacher), Early Intervention Teacher, ED Teacher (Emotional Disabilities Teacher), Emotionally Impaired Teacher, Exceptional Student Education Teacher (ESE Teacher), Handicapped Teacher, Hearing Impaired Teacher, Home Therapy Teacher, Learning Disabled Teacher, Learning Support Teacher, Lip Reading Teacher, Mentally Impaired Teacher, Mentally Retarded Teacher, Physically Impaired Teacher, Pre-Kindergarten Special Education Teacher (Pre-K Special Education Teacher), Preschool Special Education Teacher, Reading Interventionist, Resource Room Teacher, Resource Specialist, Resource Teacher, Self Contained Special Education Teacher, Severe/Profound Mental Handicaps Special Education Teacher, Sign Language Teacher, Special Day Class Teacher, Special Education Paraprofessional, Special Education Resource Teacher, Special Education Teacher, Special Needs Teacher, Speech and Hearing Handicapped Teacher, Teacher, Visually Impaired Teacher.