Roles and Responsibilities Roles and Responsibilities of the Special Education of the Special Education

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Roles and Responsibilities of the Roles and Responsibilities of the Special Education TeacherSpecial Education Teacher

. The teacher is unique in that he/she can . The teacher is unique in that he/she can fit many different roles in the educational fit many different roles in the educational environment. However, each of these environment. However, each of these distinct roles involves a variety of distinct roles involves a variety of responsibilities and functions. responsibilities and functions. Understanding these responsibilities can Understanding these responsibilities can only help the special educator become more only help the special educator become more familiar with the role and increase the familiar with the role and increase the chances for success. For instance, the chances for success. For instance, the special education teacher can be assigned special education teacher can be assigned as:as:

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1-A teacher in a self contained 1-A teacher in a self contained special education classroom special education classroom in a regular school.in a regular school.

22- The resource teacher in a - The resource teacher in a categorical resource room, a categorical resource room, a resource room in a special resource room in a special school which deals with only school which deals with only one type of exceptionality, or a one type of exceptionality, or a non categorical resourcenon categorical resource room, room, a resource room usually found a resource room usually found in the regular mainstream in the regular mainstream school where children with school where children with varied exceptionalities are varied exceptionalities are educated at one time . educated at one time .

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3-A3-A member of the IEP Committee member of the IEP Committee (depending on the state may also for (depending on the state may also for example be referred to as the example be referred to as the Committee on Special Education or IEP Committee on Special Education or IEP Committee), a district based committee Committee), a district based committee mandated by Federal law whose mandated by Federal law whose responsibilities include the responsibilities include the classification, placement and evaluation classification, placement and evaluation of all disabled children within the of all disabled children within the district. district.

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4-4-A member of a A member of a multidisciplinary team multidisciplinary team educating secondary students educating secondary students in a departmentalized in a departmentalized program. program.

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55-A -A consultant teacherconsultant teacher, a , a special education teacher special education teacher assigned to work with a child assigned to work with a child with a disability right in the with a disability right in the mainstreamed class.mainstreamed class.

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66- An - An itinerant teacher:itinerant teacher: a special a special education teacher employed by an education teacher employed by an agency hired to visit various schools agency hired to visit various schools in several districts and work with in several districts and work with children with disabilities. children with disabilities.

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7-An Inclusion Teacher in 7-An Inclusion Teacher in a partial inclusion a partial inclusion program or full inclusion program or full inclusion programprogram

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8- As a private 8- As a private practitioner who deals practitioner who deals with the evaluation and with the evaluation and remediation of children as remediation of children as an auxiliary service after an auxiliary service after schoolschool

Roles of the SETRoles of the SET

9- The special education 9- The special education teacher can also be an teacher can also be an educational evaluator educational evaluator (educational diagnostician) on (educational diagnostician) on the Child Study Team (CST), a the Child Study Team (CST), a school based support team that school based support team that discusses and makes discusses and makes recommendation on high-risk recommendation on high-risk students.students.