Specialist in education for people with sensory (visual and hearing) impairments.

Teachers for the sensory impaired perform actions aiming to further the development of educational and socio-educational processes for people who suffer from sensory (visual and hearing) impairments, in order to foster their independence and help them be integrated into society in the same conditions as other people.

• Using an interdisciplinary approach, identify and assess the educational needs of students with hearing and sight impairments.
• Optimise communication with these students by teaching with and using a suitable language for the type of sensory impairment from which they suffer (sign language, Braille, lipreading).
• Provide students with visual or hearing impairments whatever personalised educational options they need throughout their time at the school and any necessary teaching support.
• Promote and help to draw up adapted versions of additions to school curricula, in order to address the specific needs of students with sight or hearing impairments, and create suitable teaching resources for each case.
• Assess and keep track of progress made by students with hearing or sight impairments.
• Periodically assess, control and monitor the development of students' hearing or sight impairments.
• Help to provide these students with guidance on their educational path in its different stages and subsequently on socio-professional integration processes.
• Advise teachers and specialists involved in teaching activities, materials and resources, train them and help to keep them updated, and liaise with other professionals who interact with the students (speech therapists, audioprosthologists, etc.).
• Guide the families of students with hearing and sight impairments, in order to improve their understanding of these disabilities and the needs they produce, thereby allowing them to participate more actively in their children's education.

Regulated training and graduates

• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Socio-cultural and Community Services - Advanced Level:
• Grau: Educació social
• Grau: Teràpia ocupacional
• Grau: Logopèdia

Analytical thought: Level 2

Empathy: Level 3

Communication: Level 3

Planning and organisation: Level 2

Flexibility and change management: Level 2

Initiative: Level 2

Training

People who work in the field of training are interested in transmitting knowledge, responsibilities and values through learning techniques and educational processes, with a view to helping others develop their skills and abilities. Activities that are specific to this field include prior assessment of the student's characteristics and needs, design of the teaching materials, as well as monitoring and support during the learning process.

Social community worker

Individuals related to the social/community field have an interest in working to improve people's social well-being and quality of life, as well as enhance their integration into their social, family and/or work environment. The professional activities that are common in this field include providing special support and aid to people at risk of social exclusion, designing programmes and implementing resources for the social and cultural stimulation of an area, and acting as mediators for conflict resolution in family, social or interpersonal environments. These activities involve constant interaction with people in order to improve their psychological and social well-being.

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Diversity and inclusive education teacher

• Work hours

  Normally full-time.

• Salary

  Salary ranges from 15,025 to 24,040 euros per annum gross.

• Professional category

  Technician