Social Workers In Special Education

There are so many jobs in the special education field, and hands on working with children that have disabilities. Social workers are a big one. A lot of schools like to have a social worker or psychologist on campus to help with any scary breakouts or problems the kids may be having. School social workers and psychologists take the time to address the emotional and psychological challenges of disabled students. Social workers, in particular, assess how to match the educational resources of the school with an individual child's needs. ( Chron.com)

The most popular job in special education is a special education teacher. Mainly because they are always in demand, and there are so many different subjects to teach. The hardest part when trying

to become a special ed teachers is the preparation to teach children with special needs. Preparing teachers to educate students with disabilities is complex. Special education teacher preparation programs are intended to equip candidates with the essential skills necessary for educating students with a wide range of learning and behavioral needs across various settings. As a special education teacher you have to know how to handle a child getting out of control. A typical student would be easy to just send down to the principal. But for a child that does not know better you have to be able to calm them down on your own. Leaders in the field recommend that teacher preparation programs include opportunities for candidates to practice meeting the needs of diverse learners through carefully crafted supervised experiences.
Along with becoming a special education teacher and preparing for the children. Teachers need to be able to select which kids in the classroom need extra help and how they can help them. Clearly, there is a need for specially designed instruction for some exceptional students. For example, it is difficult to imagine not providing specialized classroom interventions for individuals who are blind or deaf. This is a great point. It would be unfair to stand in front of a class and talk when a kid cannot understand you because they are deaf. How is that kid supposed to learn? Or if you are writing something on the board and you have a blind kid in your class, how are they supposed to see how to add 2 plus 2, they can’t. This failure to identify categorically specific characteristics or treatments has led some to argue for a decrease in categorization. I believe that is not true. The kids deserve to be categorized due to their own disabilities to help the teachers give them the education they need.