This article is useful for people who want to learn about a Special educator. It's a job with a lot of things to know about!
Is to work with people who need special care or attention with paths like ADHD people, Down Syndrom people, elders people ect.
They're facilitating learning or development for people with disability, disorder or behavior problem. They do paperwork, they listen and help people.
They can do individualized help and learning and teaching, IEP management, so implementing leg IEP requirement, tracking progress data, and holding meeting. They can do too, some documentation and paperwork.
They can work in public or private school, habitually, in private school you can take more time to help student and the salary is better. They can work in rehabilitation center, hospital, and more place. It depends on what kind of people you want to work with.
You have to do the Special education program and have you Cegep diploma!
Generally, between 43,000$ and 83,000$ annually, approximately 26-35$ per hours.
They have regular meeting and training for medical protocol or evolution in technique ect.
It's a hard and emotional job, so have high risk of burnout. You can be hit, bite, physical aggression from a patient. It very intensely emotional and have a lot of big challenge.
Really small chance, it's a job that need human, a work that robot can't do. Robots can't be emotional and can't be physic (for now).
They habitually retire around the age of 65.
The conclusion is that Special educator is a big emotional, mental and physique Job and give a lot of challenge ,but it's a beautiful and human job that really helps young or older person to understand, help with many things.