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TEACHER

Special educational needs teachers work with children who need extra support to fulfil their potential. If you wish to teach in the statemaintained sector as a special needs teacher you will need qualified teacher status (QTS). Special educational needs teachers work with children who need additional support. This includes children with physical disabilities, learning, emotional, behavioural or communication difficulties, conditions such as autism, dyspraxia, dyslexia and ADHD, sensory impairments (for example, visual impairment), sensory processing disorder, and mental health issues. Special educational needs (SEN) teachers may also work with gifted children. Typical job responsibilities include: developing programmes of learning activities planning, preparing and researching lessons preparing and adapting teaching materials making use of special facilities and/or equipment contact and teaching time with students on an individual, class or small group basis checking and assessing students' work and giving feedback encouraging personal development via tutorial and pastoral work attending meetings and reviews liaising with parents, external agencies and a range of other professionals, such as speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and educational psychologists writing reports coordinating the work of support staff.