Occupation

Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten

Teach academic, social, and life skills to kindergarten students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.

Also Known As: Academic Interventionist, Adapted Physical Education Teacher, Behavior Specialist, Blind Teacher, Braille Teacher, Cross-Categorical Special Education Teacher, Developmentally Delayed Special Education Teacher (DD Special Education Teacher), Early Interventionist +33 more

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On-the-Job Training: Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Technology & Tools

Hot Technologies

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word

Software (22)

  • American Sign Language Browser
  • Children's educational software
  • Drawing software
  • EasyCBM
  • Email software
  • Individualized Educational Program IEP software
  • Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking
  • Rethink Ed
  • Scientific Learning Fast ForWord
  • Screen magnification software
  • Screen reader software
  • Synapse outSPOKEN
  • The vOICe Learning Edition
  • Voice activated software
  • Web browser software
  • Word processing software
  • goQ WordQ

Tools & Equipment (59)

  • Adaptive paint brushes
  • Adaptive scissors
  • Alternative computer keyboards
  • Braille label makers
  • Braille note-taking systems
  • Braille rulers
  • Braille writers
  • Compact digital cameras
  • Compact disk CD players
  • Computer data input scanners
  • Computer laser printers
  • Computer voice input devices
  • Desktop computers
  • Digital audio recorders
  • Document cameras
  • Educational board games
  • Educational puzzles
  • Emergency first aid kits
  • Enteral feeding equipment
  • Eye controlled computer mouse equipment
  • FM amplification systems
  • Foot operated computer mouse equipment
  • Head operated joysticks
  • Hearing aid devices
  • Interactive whiteboards
  • Jellybean switches
  • Laminating equipment
  • Laptop computers
  • Large display calculators
  • Laser canes
  • Motorized scooters
  • Mouth operated joysticks
  • Optical compound microscopes
  • Optical pointing devices
  • Oral suction tubes
  • Overhead data projectors
  • Page turners
  • Pegboards
  • Pencil compasses
  • Personal computers
  • Photocopying equipment
  • Play structures
  • Portable communication boards
  • Powered wheelchairs
  • Reading pens
  • Sand tables
  • Science activity kits
  • Sound switches
  • Standing aids
  • Talking calculators
  • Talking thermometers
  • Telecommunication devices TDD
  • Toy block sets
  • Trackballs
  • Voice output devices
  • Walkers
  • Water tables
  • Wheelchairs
  • Wireless touch screen monitors

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