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Special educational needs assistant

Other names

teaching assistant in special educational needs, inclusive education assistant, special educational needs teaching assistant, SEN TA, special education assistant, SEN teaching assistant, SEN teacher's aide, special needs teaching assistant, assistant in special educational needs

Special needs and inclusion

They help teachers in class by caring for students with disabilities, helping them learn, and watching how they work and behave.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Provide assistance to students with special needs.

  2. 2

    Teach socially acceptable behaviour, employing techniques such as behaviour modification or positive reinforcement.

  3. 3

    Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
assistant en éducation spécialisée/assistante en éducation spécialisée
español
asistente en educación especial
العربية
مساعد الاحتياجات التعليمية الخاصة / مساعدة الاحتياجات التعليمية الخاصة
português
Auxiliar de educação especial
Deutsch
Lehrassistent Sonderpädagogik/Lehrassistentin Sonderpädagogik
italiano
assistente per l’autonomia e la comunicazione

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