Special educators posses a repertoire of evidence-based instructional strategies to individualize instruction for individuals with ELN. Special educators select, adapt, and use these instructional strategies to promote challenging learning results in general and special curricula3/ and to appropriately modify learning environments for individuals with ELN. They enhance the learning of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills of individuals with ELN, and increase their self-awareness, self-management, self-control, self-reliance, and self-esteem. Moreover, special educators emphasize the development, maintenance, and generalization of knowledge and skills across environments, settings, and the lifespan.
Beginning special educators demonstrate their mastery this standard through the mastery of the CEC Common Core Knowledge and Skills, as well as through the appropriate CEC Specialty Area(s) Knowledge and Skills for which the program is preparing candidates.
Common Core
| Knowledge: |
| CC4S1 | Use strategies to facilitate integration into various settings. |
| CC4S2 | Teach individuals to use self-assessment, problem solving, and other cognitive strategies to meet their needs. (Replaces CC4.S12) |
| CC4S3 | Select, adapt, and use instructional strategies and materials according to characteristics of the individual with exceptional learning needs. |
| CC4S4 | Use strategies to facilitate maintenance and generalization of skills across learning environments.. |
| CC4S5 | Use procedures to increase the individual’s self-awareness, self-management, self-control, self-reliance, and self-esteem. |
| CC4S6 | Use strategies that promote successful transitions for individuals with exceptional learning needs. |
Early Childhood
| Knowledge: None in addition to Common Core |
| Skill: |
| EC4S1 | Use instructional practices based on knowledge of the child, family, community, and the curriculum. |
| EC4S2 | Use knowledge of future educational settings to develop learning experiences and select instructional strategies for young children. |
| EC4S3 | Prepare young children for successful transitions. |
5. Learning Environments and Social Interactions
