Special needs education

Description

The teaching methods, equipment and settings used to support students with special needs in achieving succes in school or community.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 8 occupations
  • Optional in 11 occupations
  • Total: 19 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…
  • Teacher of talented and gifted students
    Talented and gifted student coordinators ensure suitable education is provided to talented and gifted students, commonly children and young adults, on various levels. They oversee …
  • Special educational needs assistant
    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 hel…
  • 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…
  • Speech and language therapist
    Speech and language therapists focus on the etiology, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of communication and swallowing disorders in people of all ages to help them …
  • 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 …
  • Early years special educational needs teacher
    Early years special educational needs teachers provide specially designed instruction to students with a variety of disabilities on a kindergarten level and ensure they reach their…
  • 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

  • Primary school teacher
    Primary school teachers instruct students on a primary school level. They develop lesson plans in line with curriculum objectives for the variety of subjects they teach, including …
  • 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…
  • Steiner school teacher
    Steiner school teachers educate students using approaches that reflect the (Waldorf) Steiner philosophy and principles. They focus on practical, hands-on activities in the curricul…
  • 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…
  • Early years teacher
    Early years teachers instruct students, primarily young children aged 3 to 6, in basic subjects and creative play to develop their social and intellectual skills in an informal way…
  • Educational researcher
    Educational researchers perform research in the area of education. They strive to broaden the knowledge on how education processes, educational systems, and individuals (teachers …
  • Education inspector
    Education inspectors visit schools to ensure that the staff perform their tasks compliant with educational rules and regulations, as well as oversee that the school's administratio…
  • Education programme coordinator
    Education programme coordinators supervise the development and implementation of educational programmes. They develop policies for the promotion of education and manage budgets. Th…
  • Curriculum administrator
    Curriculum administrators develop and improve the curricula of educational institutions. They analyse the quality of existing curricula and work towards improvement. They communica…
  • 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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