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What is Special Needs Teaching?

Special needs teaching involves teaching children (or adults) who have behavioral, emotional, or learning difficulties. There are six specialties of special needs teaching:

· learning handicapped
· visually handicapped
· physically handicapped
· communicatively handicapped
· severely handicapped
· gifted

This list includes students who have one (or more) of many different disabling conditions:
· autism
· deaf
· emotionally disturbed
· visually impaired
· traumatic brain injury
· speech-impaired
· orthopedically impaired
· multiply disabled
· mentally disabled
· learning disabled
· hard of hearing

Special needs teaching may involve teaching an entire class or working with individual children. A special educational needs teacher must create not just a stimulating environment for special needs pupils, but also a safe one.

What Sort of Education Must You Receive to Start Special Needs Teaching?

Credentials to start special needs teaching may differ from state to state, but basically you must have:
· a BA degree
· a regular teaching credential
· a special education teacher preparation program
· student teaching.

It is possible to acquire specialized credentials for special needs teaching. You must renew your credentials every five years.

Of course, you must have more than these teaching credentials to start special needs teaching. You must also have a lot of patience, enthusiasm, a positive attitude, tolerance, and persistence.

Special needs teaching and the least restrictive environment.

What is the “least restrictive environment?” When it comes to special needs teaching, it is important that children with disabilities are educated with peers who do not have disabilities, whenever possible. This is the least restrictive environment. A child should only be set apart if he can not be educated in a regular class, even when supplementary aids or services are used.

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