Occupation Title 2352-15

2352-15 — Teacher of the Mentally Handicapped

This is a specific occupation title under a broader Unit Group category.

TITLE CODE: 2352-15 Category: 2352 — Special Needs Teachers
Summary
Teacher of the Mentally Handicapped is responsible for assessing students' abilities and limitations with regard to intellectual, physical, social and emotional impairments, employing special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory and perceptual motor skills, language, cognition, and memory; establishing teaching academic subjects, and practical and self help skills to students with hearing, sight and other impairments; stimulating and developing students’ confidence interests ealy identification and assessment of learners with disabilities develop, implement and monitor ieps which are tailor made to specific abilities of each child modify normal/regular curriculum content as well as teaching methods into smaller within the education sector.
Minimum entry
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Future outlook
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Description
Teacher of the Mentally Handicapped is responsible for assessing students' abilities and limitations with regard to intellectual, physical, social and emotional impairments, employing special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory and perceptual motor skills, language, cognition, and memory; establishing teaching academic subjects, and practical and self help skills to students with hearing, sight and other impairments; stimulating and developing students’ confidence interests ealy identification and assessment of learners with disabilities develop, implement and monitor ieps which are tailor made to specific abilities of each child modify normal/regular curriculum content as well as teaching methods into smaller within the education sector.
Employment prospects
The job has potential for growth
Tasks
  • Work in special schools for the mentally handicapped Special units in mainstream schools .Vocational rehabilitation centers .Specialized private centers and NGOs .Educational Assessment and SUPPORT centers
Skills
Core skills
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Education
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Where they work
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Earnings
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How to become one
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