2352 Special Needs Teachers
Special needs teachers teach physically or mentally handicapped children, young persons or adults, or those with learning difficulties or other special needs. They promote the social, emotional, intellectual and physical development of their students. Tasks include - (a) assessing students’ abilities and limitations with regard to intellectual, physical, social and emotional impairments, exceptional intellectual gifts, or other special situations; (b) designing or modifying curricula and preparing and delivering programmes, lessons and activities adapted to students’ abilities and needs; (c) giving instruction on an individual or group basis using special techniques or aids appropriate to students’ needs; (d) employing special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition and memory; (e) establishing and enforcing rules for behaviour and policies and procedures to maintain order among students; (f) teaching academic subjects and practical and self-help skills to students with hearing, sight and other impairments; (g) stimulating and developing students’ confidence, interests, abilities, manual skills and coordination; (h) conferring with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons for special needs students; (i) preparing and maintaining student data and other records and submitting reports; (j) administering various forms of assessment and evaluating progress of each student; (k) conferring with students, parents, head teachers and other relevant professionals involved in the students’ care to develop individual educational plans designed to promote students’ development. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Learning disabilities special education teacher - Learning support teacher - Remedial teacher - Teacher of gifted children - Teacher of the hearing impaired - Teacher of the sight impaired Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Vocational education teacher - 2320 - Secondary school teacher - 2330 - Primary school teacher - 2341.
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2352 in other classification systems
Equivalent and related codes across 2 other systems. Click any code to see its full definition, hierarchy, and crosswalks.
- 02f1ae71-f89c-47b7-af2c-50d7ab1d9b8abroadadult literacy teacher
- 034cad59-e666-4770-a7ef-a337257f8072broadspecial educational needs teacher secondary school
- 1044dedc-81d1-48b6-96b3-ced5393b2de1broadteacher of talented and gifted students
- 114c5a6c-1869-4a67-8ec0-660ec303f8ccbroadlearning support teacher
- 622ccd55-910f-483d-8661-44c6162156bfbroadspecial educational needs itinerant teacher
- 976cbfcc-8958-4800-a435-71d15405a42abroadspecial educational needs teacher
- b6beb46d-9ed2-4a66-9117-7e3f21f234ddbroadearly years special educational needs teacher
- f89b12a1-689f-4a4f-8695-abb620810f1ebroadspecial educational needs teacher primary school
Other ISCO-08 codes under 2352 Special Needs Teachers
Frequently asked questions
- What is ISCO-08 2352?
- ISCO-08 2352 is "Special Needs Teachers". Special needs teachers teach physically or mentally handicapped children, young persons or adults, or those with learning difficulties or other special needs. They promote the social, emotional, intellectual and physical development of their students. Tasks include - (a) assessing students’ abilities and limitations with regard to intellectual, physical, social and emotional impairments, exceptional intellectual gifts, or other special situations; (b) designing or modifying curricula and preparing and delivering programmes, lessons and activities adapted to students’ abilities and needs; (c) giving instruction on an individual or group basis using special techniques or aids appropriate to students’ needs; (d) employing special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition and memory; (e) establishing and enforcing rules for behaviour and policies and procedures to maintain order among students; (f) teaching academic subjects and practical and self-help skills to students with hearing, sight and other impairments; (g) stimulating and developing students’ confidence, interests, abilities, manual skills and coordination; (h) conferring with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons for special needs students; (i) preparing and maintaining student data and other records and submitting reports; (j) administering various forms of assessment and evaluating progress of each student; (k) conferring with students, parents, head teachers and other relevant professionals involved in the students’ care to develop individual educational plans designed to promote students’ development. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Learning disabilities special education teacher - Learning support teacher - Remedial teacher - Teacher of gifted children - Teacher of the hearing impaired - Teacher of the sight impaired Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Vocational education teacher - 2320 - Secondary school teacher - 2330 - Primary school teacher - 2341.
- How does ISCO-08 2352 map to other classification systems?
- 2352 Special Needs Teachers has equivalents in ESCO Occupations (02f1ae71-f89c-47b7-af2c-50d7ab1d9b8a, 034cad59-e666-4770-a7ef-a337257f8072, 1044dedc-81d1-48b6-96b3-ced5393b2de1, +5 more); SOC 2018 (25-2051, 25-2059). These crosswalks let you translate this code between ISCO-08 and 2 other classification systems.
- What is the parent category of 2352?
- 2352 Special Needs Teachers sits under 2352 Special Needs Teachers in the ISCO-08 hierarchy.
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