Description
Deliver specially designed instruction, behavioral supports, and functional skill development to exceptional students in inclusive and specialized settings. Create and implement IEPs, adapt curriculum and environments, use assistive technology, and collaborate with families and school teams to support learners with diverse needs, including sensory and intellectual disabilities.
- • Arrange classroom and common areas to support engagement, sensory needs, and safety.
- • Assist with students' personal care, mobility, or feeding needs when required.
- • Use verbal, nonverbal, and AAC strategies to provide comfort and positive reinforcement.
- • Collaborate with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators to address academic or behavioral concerns.
- • Develop, implement, and monitor Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
- • Differentiate instruction and interventions to meet diverse disability-related needs.
- • Apply specialized techniques to build language, cognition, memory, and motor skills.
- • Promote perseverance and independence through scaffolded, challenging tasks.
- • Communicate clear objectives and expectations to students and families.
- • Establish and maintain classroom routines and behavior norms.
- • Teach and monitor safe use of materials, tools, and adaptive equipment.
- • Adapt general education curriculum and assessments across content areas.
- • Supervise and coach paraprofessionals to meet ESE program requirements.
- • Observe and document academic, behavioral, social, and health indicators.
- • Facilitate structured play, movement, or recreation to support development.
- • Plan and lead experiential learning, community-based instruction, and field trips.
- • Prepare accessible, multisensory materials and resources.
- • Write lesson plans aligned to standards and IEP goals.
- • Deliver instruction using technology, assistive devices, and interactive media.
- • Provide targeted instruction in literacy, numeracy, and functional academics.
- • Implement positive behavior supports, FBAs, and BIPs as needed.
- • Teach social skills, self-regulation, and socially appropriate behavior.
- • Teach adaptive and daily living skills, self-advocacy, and goal setting.
- • Administer and interpret screenings, progress monitoring, and formal assessments.
- • Participate in professional development and maintain required certifications.
- • Collaborate with school teams to design, evaluate, or refine ESE services.
- • Lead IEP meetings with families, administrators, evaluators, and related service providers.
- • Manage inventory and distribution of instructional and adaptive materials.
- • Coordinate inclusion supports and co-teaching in general education settings.
- • Maintain accurate records, data, and compliance documentation per IDEA and district policy.
- • Meet with families to review progress and connect them with community resources.
- • Assign schedules and tasks for paraprofessionals or volunteers.
- • Prepare required reports on student progress and program activities.
- • Provide or arrange assistive technology, accommodations, accessibility supports, and testing accommodations, including alternate assessments.
- • Implement crisis prevention and de-escalation strategies to ensure safety.
- • Support transition planning for secondary students' postschool goals.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
