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Special Education Teachers, Elementary School

Role Overview

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. Excludes “Substitute Teachers, Short-Term” (25-3031).

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Special Education and Teaching, General. Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness. Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances. Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities. Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments. Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness. Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities. Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments. Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism. Education/Teaching of Individuals Who are Developmentally Delayed. Education/Teaching of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries. Education/Teaching of Individuals in Elementary Special Education Programs.

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