Special Education Support |School |Yishun

WSH Experts Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

WSH Experts Pte Ltd is seeking a dedicated professional to provide in-class support for students with special needs in a Singapore school. The role includes assisting with routines, sensory and behavior management, and facilitating access to lesson content using visual aids and differentiated materials.

You will collaborate with teachers and parents, help set up a supportive classroom environment, prepare learning resources, and participate in case conferences to monitor student progress.

Responsibilities

• Reminding and prompting the student to stay on-task, pay attention to teachers and participate in classroom activities
• Helping the student to follow classroom routines
• Withdraw the student for time out if they become disruptive or stressed during lessons and provide means to calm them
• Assisting the student to understand lesson content using visual aids or other methods and to complete work
• Helping communicate the student’s needs to teachers
• Set up and maintain special needs-friendly classroom/school environments
• Prepare teaching and learning resources for use with students (e.g. visual prompts for mild ASD students, differentiated worksheets for dyslexia)
• Provide skills training (e.g. organisational skills, managing anger, handling changes, queuing, handwriting)
• Provide peer training and support (e.g. circles of friends)
• Provide feedback to teachers and parents on the needs and progress of the students
• Collaborate with external professionals/agencies and special schools in supporting special needs students
• Coordinate and contribute to case conferences in schools and maintain records on special needs students
• Conduct pre-orientation for students with ASD to help them familiarize with the school environment and changes around the school (e.g. change of classroom, class name, teachers)
• Train in administration of progress monitoring tools.

Job description

Job Description

The Services required are set out as follows:

1.Provision of withdrawal support, specialized remediation, and implementation of Individual Education Plans.

2.Provision of in-class support for special needs students in areas such as (but not limited to):

• reminding and prompting the student to stay on-task, pay attention to teachers and participating in classroom activities;
• helping the student to follow classroom routines;
• withdrawal the student for time out if he becomes disruptive or stressed during lessons and providing means to calm him/her down;
• helping the student to understand lesson content using various means (e.g. visual aides, and to complete work assigned);
• helping to communicate the student’s needs to the teachers;

3.Provide consultation to teachers and parents to facilitate better understanding of the students’ needs and how to support them.

4.Set up and maintenance of special needs-friendly classroom/school environments.

5.Preparation of teaching and learning resources for use with students (e.g. visual prompts for mild ASD students, differentiated worksheets for students with dyslexia).

6.Provision of skills training (e.g. organisational skills, managing anger, handling changes, queuing up, handwriting skills).

7.Provision of peer training and support (e.g. setting up circles of friends).

8.Provision of feedback to teachers and parents on the needs and progress of the special needs students.

9.Collaboration with external professionals/agencies and special schools in the support of special needs students.

10.Co-ordination and contribution to case conferences in schools.

11.Set up and maintenance of records on special needs students.

12.Conduct pre-orientation for students with ASD to help them familiarize with the school environment and the new changes around the school (eg. Change of classroom, change of class name and teachers).

13.Trained in administration of progress monitoring tools.