Awareness About Special Educators

Author:  Anusha Doshi | March 9th, 2022

Special Educator? What’s That?

Who am I, and what do I do at Sethu?

My name is Anusha and I am a Special Educator and part of the Inclusive Education team here at sethu. As a special educator, I specialise in helping children who have a variety of disabilities such as intellectual disability, autism, learning disability, slow learner among others.

What is my role as a Special Educator?

As a special educator, I collaborate closely with parents, teachers, professionals and administrators to foster the inclusion, teaching and learning of students with disabilities in their families, communities and schools.

What course did I have to do and what are the skills I needed to be a Special Educator?

I have completed my Bachelors in Special Education, which is currently a 2-year course in India and am registered with the Rehabilitation Council of India. There are several important skills I needed to have or develop along the way to being a special educator. Such as being organised, highly intuitive, detail-oriented, adaptive, creative, calm and an absolute must, a keen interest in working with children. A very important skill I needed to learn is ways to be open to feedback from peers and be in a mode of constant learning.

What does my job require me to do at Sethu?

At Sethu as a special educator, I am required to be engaged in various activities such as:-

  1. Academic and life skills assessments.
  2. Assessment Report writing
  3. Planning interventions based on the assessments.
  4. Writing IEP’s and discussing the same with the parents.
  5. Conducting workshops and training for parents, teachers and other special educators.
  6. Disability advocacy
  7. Research

I love my work at Sethu and I am so happy that I took the plunge and became a Special Educator. The rewards are enormous – it is a real opportunity to actually change lives.

Are you interested in becoming a special educator or know a child who could avail of our services? Reach out to us today!