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Just curious. I know that people study to be Spec. Ed. teachers, but what will they do differently from whatever usual teachers do on advises of autism consultants in schools? (mostly this question is about mainstreaming autistic kids). My son's school finally approved hiring a Spec. Ed. teacher, maybe because there are 2 more kids with HFA (high-functioning autism) at the school, plus my son. So far, for 1.5 years, the school has been muddling through with my son, trying this and that, pulling out, pulling in, short day, one-on-one lessons. So what different a Spec.Ed. teacher would do?
Special education is a broad term. Special education teachers deal with all kinds of disabilities and what they do will depend on the child's particular disability and the child's IEP. Special education teachers typically teach, but they also oversee the paperwork for the students in their case load which means they must attend all the IEP meetings and keep paperwork up to date.
For children with autism, it helps if they have training in applied behavioral analysis so that they can determine how to best teach the child with that particular label.
I don't have kids or anything but I was in 2 special ed classes in elementary school and in high school. The special ed teachers are much more encouraging to the students then regular, as well as more patient with them. The classes were drastically smaller. The teacher also helps develop the student's IEP and then brings it into fruition in the classroom. One of the biggest differences though, IMO, is there's more focus on each individual child & their learning styles, as opposed to teaching the group as a whole and hoping it all sinks in
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