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Special Education Teaching is a degree category that consists of the following common degrees:

  • Special Education Teaching

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    Special Education Teaching

    Special education teachers or special educators teach students with physical and mental disabilities. These disabilities include autism, deafness, emotional disturbance, visual impairment and blindness, speech or language impairment, orthopedic impairments, hearing impairments, intellectual disabilities, traumatic brain injury, attention deficit disorder, and specific learning disabilities such as dyslexia.

    Degree programs in special education consist of classes in the psychology of instruction and learning, the development and characteristics of children with exceptionalities, differentiating instruction, assessment in special education, the diverse and inclusive classroom, and professional ethics. A student teaching experience is a significant part of the bachelor’s level curriculum.

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