What is a good job specializing in special education?

Georgianna Zollo: I am also interested in a job working with special needs children. One job is a teahcer (which is what I want to be) although special education teachers tend to get moved around from school to school alot. Another, if you really want to do alot, is mabey starting a program, camp, or daycare for children with special needs. You may also want to be a doctor who speciaalizes with special needs children. Mabey even a lawyer for there rights. There are alot of things you could do. This is just a few that I could think of. Good luck!...Show more

Mandy Mustaro: Special ed attorney. The country is in desperate need of these attorneys because of the rampant corruption of special ed in public schools in the US.More info at these sites--www.wrightslaw.comwww.reedmartin.comwww.specialedlaw.blog.comwww.schwabas.org...Show more

Sylvie Snetting: special education teacher occupational therapistspeech language therpistphysical therapistada[tive technology spe! cialistjob coachrecreation assistantvocational rehabsocial workerlearning disabilities teacher consultantschool pyschologistearly intervention/developmental interventionschool principalschool nursemedical professional dealing with developmental disordersteacher;s aidsocial services (ARC) program assistanthabilitation aid (group home assistant/manager)social skills trainerspecialized therapist (art, music, horseback riding)ABA therapist (teacher/aid with training in Applied Behavior Analysis0 mainlyh working with children with autism---or certified ABA therapist known as BCABA with a bachelors Degree or BCBA with a masters degree...Show more

Aldo Decurtis: There are many such jobs, as others have noted. But with the uptick in autism spectrum diagnoses, and with many schools recognizing that they need to provide services in-house to these kids, I would think that any background in the autism services field would make a person highly employable. This would include applie! d behavior analysis (ABA) therapists who work mostly one-on-on! e with individual kids, as well as speech therapists, special educators, and board-certified behavior analysts who are often hired to oversee autism services....Show more

Kandi Lough: A fantstic job that I did 2 years ago was I was a special education teacher in a public school. I gave students who needed it guidence and had special groups where they would come in and work on regular school work and projects. It was a very fun job and very interesting! Takes alot of college education to be able to get this type of career

Queenie Ruthers: Service oriented jobs such as Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Speech Language Pathologist, Special Education Teacher, School Psychologist, para professional in Special education and Special Education Director are some of the examples of persons employed by school systems working in different capacities with students identified as having special needs. There are also preschool classes fo! r identified students and different job descriptions for the Special Education Teacher working in specific environments like pull-out resource, inclusion, classes for the emotionally disturbed etc.,There are many options for you....Show more