Description
Plan, adapt, and deliver instruction for students with disabilities across grade levels. Develop and implement IEPs, provide specially designed instruction, accommodations, and behavior supports, collaborate with families and staff, and ensure legal compliance to promote academic, social, and functional success.
- • Develop, implement, and review Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) aligned to student needs and standards.
- • Provide specially designed instruction in academic, social, communication, and functional skills.
- • Adapt and modify general education curricula, materials, and assessments.
- • Use evidence-based strategies to improve language, cognition, memory, and motor skills as appropriate.
- • Deliver instruction in multiple settings, including co-teaching, push-in, pull-out, and resource rooms.
- • Collect and analyze data to monitor progress and adjust instruction.
- • Conduct and interpret academic and functional assessments.
- • Collaborate with general educators to plan accommodations and modifications.
- • Implement accommodations, modifications, and assistive technology.
- • Support students’ safe use and care of adaptive equipment and classroom technology.
- • Develop and implement Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) using positive behavior supports.
- • Establish, teach, and reinforce classroom rules and procedures.
- • Create safe, accessible, and sensory-supportive learning environments.
- • Communicate regularly with parents and guardians about student progress and strategies.
- • Lead or participate in IEP meetings with families and multidisciplinary teams.
- • Coordinate related services, such as speech, occupational therapy, physical therapy, or counseling.
- • Teach self-advocacy, executive functioning, and independence skills.
- • Facilitate social skills instruction and peer interactions.
- • Encourage persistence and problem-solving with challenging tasks.
- • Plan and supervise experiential or community-based learning activities.
- • Prepare lesson plans, objectives, and instructional materials per curriculum guidelines.
- • Use digital and interactive tools to present content and differentiate instruction.
- • Maintain accurate records, progress reports, and compliance documentation.
- • Train, direct, and supervise paraprofessionals and classroom aides.
- • Ensure adherence to IDEA, Section 504, and district policies.
- • Coordinate and support inclusive placements and services in general education settings.
- • Meet with administrators and colleagues to develop, evaluate, or revise special education programs.
- • Organize and display student work in accessible formats.
- • Manage inventories of instructional and adaptive materials and supplies.
- • Prepare required reports for administrators and families.
- • Support activities of daily living per IEPs and health plans in collaboration with nurses.
- • Provide crisis prevention and de-escalation supports following school procedures.
- • Attend professional development, conferences, and staff meetings to maintain professional competence.
- • Facilitate transition planning for secondary students to postsecondary education, employment, and independent living.
Related specializations
Interview options
Interview options
Interviewee gender
Interviewee accent
Interview time
Related Pathways
Source
Tasks & skills:
O*NET occupational data (work activities, skills, knowledge).
Learn more
Sources & Standards:
This site includes information from O*NET by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. Career Clutch has modified some of this information for student readability. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
Last reviewed: Jan 2026
