Special Education Teachers, Preschool Salary in St. Louis, MO

Common tasks

• Develop or implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.
• Communicate nonverbally with children to provide them with comfort, encouragement, or positive reinforcement.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, or administrative regulations.
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.
• Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, or changing their diapers.
• Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, or social skills, to preschool students with special needs.
• Develop individual educational plans (IEPs) designed to promote students' educational, physical, or social development.
• Prepare classrooms with a variety of materials or resources for children to explore, manipulate, or use in learning activities or imaginative play.
• Meet with parents or guardians to discuss their children's progress, advise them on using community resources, or teach skills for dealing with students' impairments.
• Modify the general preschool curriculum for students with disabilities.