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Part III: Roles and skill sets of special education teachers

Evidence-Based Intervener
 * Content knowledge
 * Instructional strategies across several subjects
 * Direct instruction
 * Proficiency and mastery

Differentiator
 * Adaptions (accomodations, modifications)
 * Differentiation strategies
 * Cultural relevance
 * Learning strategies
 * Instruction Peer-tutoring models
 * Academic engaged time

Data-based decision maker
 * Effective decision-making
 * Data analysis
 * Skills assessment
 * Curriculum based assessment
 * Eligibility for special education

Essential factors that contribute to a positive learning environment


 * Respect and rapport
 * Establishing a learning culture
 * Managing classroom procedures
 * Managing classroom behavior
 * Organizing physical space

Common techniques and approaches used in positive behavior supports


 * Token economy
 * Emphasize the positive
 * Redirect inappropriate behavior
 * Acronyms for positive behavior goals
 * Incentive and reward systems

Evidence-based instructional interventions


 * Define skills with examples
 * Model wanted behavior in contrast to unwanted
 * Video or presentation about wanted behavior
 * Role playing
 * Informal student commitment to wanted behavior

Accommodations and modifications for exceptional students

bcbe.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=559&dataid=11726&FileName=IEP_%20Accommodation_Checklist.pdf

https://www.understood.org/articles/en/common-classroom-accommodations-and-modifications

Assistive technology tools and resources, and their purposes

Graphic Organizers: Helpful for students with executive function disorders to improve organization.

Visual Timers: Helpful for students with executive function disorders, Autism, or anxiety to display a clear visual of time remaining for a task to end and transition to a new one.

Speech-to-text: Helpful for students with dyslexia or physical impairments that impede writing. Students can speak their assignment, and the computer will type it up for them to turn in.

Recorders: Helpful for students with Autism or learning disorders that may need to listen to the lecture a few times to understand the content.

Seat cushions: Helpful for students with sensory processing or attention issues that can be stimulated without disrupting the class.

Hearing aid devices: Helpful for students with hearing loss, so that the sounds of the classroom can be amplified for clearer understanding.

 

 References

Polloway, E. A., Patton, J. R., Serna, L., & Bailey, J. W. (2017). Strategies for teaching learners with special needs, 11/e(11th ed.). Pearson Education.

Behavior management: Getting to the bottom of social skills deficits. Behavior Management: Getting to the Bottom of Social Skills Deficits | LD Topics | LD OnLine. (n.d.). Retrieved January 6, 2022, from http://www.ldonline.org/article/6165/

Educational impact: Staff development for educators. (n.d.). Retrieved January 9, 2022, from https://www.educationalimpact.com/programs/programs/activity/22comp_02_01/