Special education teachers provide additional teaching to children with special educational needs in a number of different ways including:

• assessing and recording the child’s needs and progress
• setting specific, time-related targets for each child and agreeing these with the class teacher and principal
• teaching the children, either with the rest of the child’s class or in a separate room
• advising class teachers about differentiating the curriculum to suit different children
• meeting with and advising parents, accompanied by the class teacher, as needed
• meeting other professionals such as psychologists, speech and language therapists, visiting teachers in relation to a child’s special educational needs.