takes patience and professionalism, consistency, caring, and a sense of humor.

There is not doubt about it, special needs students can be frustrating, infuriating,

rude, disrespectful, and even dangerous. That is why it is important to be patient and

professional when working with them. Teachers must always keep in mind why the

students acts that way. Teachers do not need to take verbal attacks personally, but realize

that they respect authority, and that a special needs student may not. Teachers must win

special needs children's trust over time, and it will take a lot of time.

It is very important to be consistent with special needs children, and to create a

predictable environment for them. Structure is very important to them because their

out-of-school environment is usually very chaotic. When the teacher creates a predictable,

structured environment, the special needs students can relax.

An anonymous teacher once said," The systems are useful for keeping records and

helping students see their behavioral progress, but that it meant nothing unless the teacher

could 'hook' the student." She meant that all the techniques in t

then than any other adult. After all, students are with teachers six to seven hours a day,

these times, it is good for a teacher to have another teacher to discuss these feelings with.

might not be intentionally ignoring you, but instead could be demonstrating behavior

they feel they are in control and that the teacher has not right to tell them what to do. The

Working with students that try to hurt your feelings all day can sometimes cause

totally different than the control they lead at home.

Losing professionalism occurs when a teacher steps out of the role of

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