Assist children with special needs in education settings

Description

Assist children with special needs, identifying their needs, modifying classroom equipment to accommodate them and helping them participate in school activities.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 4 occupations
  • Optional in 7 occupations
  • Total: 11 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)

Essential for

  • Special educational needs teacher secondary school
    Special educational needs teachers at secondary schools provide specially designed instruction to students with a variety of disabilities on a secondary school level and ensure the…
  • Child day care worker
    Child day care workers provide social services to children and their families in order to improve their social and psychological functioning. They aim to maximise family's well-bei…
  • Special educational needs teacher
    A Special Educational Needs Teacher is an educator who specializes in supporting students with a wide range of learning, physical, and emotional disabilities. SEN Teachers provide …
  • Special educational needs teacher primary school
    Special educational needs teachers at primary schools provide specially-designed instruction to students with a variety of disabilities on a primary school level and ensure they re…

Optional for

  • Learning support teacher
    Learning support teachers assist students who have general learning difficulties. Learning support teachers focus on basic skills such as numeracy and literacy and thus teach basic…
  • Education welfare officer
    Education welfare officers address the social and psychological well-being of students. They counsel students concerning their personal issues that affect their school behaviour, p…
  • Occupational therapist
    Occupational therapists assist individuals or groups with occupational limitations due to diseases, physical disorders, and temporary or permanent mental disabilities in regaining …
  • Social worker
    Social workers are practice-based professionals who promote social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. They interact with individ…
  • Sign language teacher
    Sign language school teachers educate non-age-specific students in sign language. They teach sign language to both students with or without special educational needs such as deafne…
  • Social care worker
    Social care workers provide support and help people with care services. They help people to live full and valued lives in the community. They assist babies, young children, adolesc…
  • Social pedagogue
    Social pedagogues provide care, support, and education to children and young persons with different backgrounds or capabilities. They develop educational processes for young person…

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Last updated on February 19, 2026

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