How do they match: Teaching Assistants, Special Education

Assist a preschool, elementary, middle, or secondary school teacher to provide academic, social, or life skills to students who have learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Serve in a position for which a teacher has primary responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.

Assist in bus loading and unloading.
Assist librarians in school libraries.
Carry out therapeutic regimens, such as behavior modification and personal development programs, under the supervision of special education instructors, psychologists, or speech-language pathologists.
Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory.
Maintain computers in classrooms and laboratories, and assist students with hardware and software use.
Prepare classrooms with a variety of materials or resources for children to explore, manipulate, or use in learning activities or imaginative play.
Provide assistance to students with special needs.
Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.

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