How do they match: Special Education Teachers, Elementary School

  • Mentally Retarded Teacher
  • Profound Mental Handicaps Special Education Teacher
  • Severe Mental Handicaps Special Education Teacher

  • Teach academic, social, and life skills to elementary school students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.

  • Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, or food preparation.
  • Meet with parents or guardians to discuss their children's progress, advise them on using community resources, or teach skills for dealing with students' impairments.
  • Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
  • Organize and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their perceptual skills.
  • Organize and supervise games or other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, or social development.
  • Teach students personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, or self-advocacy.

  • Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
  • Teach life skills.