Special Educational Needs Assistant
Special Educational Needs Assistant
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Job Description
Special educational needs assistants assist special education teachers in their classroom duties. They tend to the physical needs of students with a variety of disabilities and help out with tasks such as bathroom breaks, bus rides, eating and classroom switches. They also provide instructional support to students, teachers and parents and prepare lesson programmes. Special educational needs assistants supply support for students tailored to their specific needs, help out with challenging assignments and monitor students' progress and classroom behaviour..
Top 2 specific things you need to know
As a Special Educational Needs Assistant, you will need to master following:
Top 21 general things you need to know
More generally, a special educational needs assistant is also versed in:
- assist children in developing personal skills
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with equipment
- attend to children's basic physical needs
- children's physical development
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
- facilitate motor skill activities
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
- handle children's problems
- implement care programmes for children
- learning difficulties
- learning needs analysis
- manage student relationships
- observe student's progress
- perform playground surveillance
- provide lesson materials
- provide teacher support
- special needs education
- support children's wellbeing
- support the positiveness of youths
Other things it helps to know to be an excellent special educational needs assistant
It also helps to know the following:
- facilitate teamwork between students
- advise on lesson plans
- assess students
- behavioural disorders
- common children's diseases
- communication disorders
- consult students on learning content
- curriculum objectives
- development delays
- escort students on a field trip
- hearing disability
- kindergarten school procedures
- liaise with educational support staff
- maintain relations with children's parents
- mobility disability
- organise creative performance
- perform classroom management
- prepare lesson content
- primary school procedures
- secondary school procedures
- visual disability
- work with virtual learning environments
- workplace sanitation
Top employers for this job
Special Educational Needs Assistant (0-2 Yrs Exp.)
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Prereqs Technology Pvt.Ltd
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California
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$250 - $800 / month
- Keywords :
- Ui designer,
- developer
