Shadow Teacher/Special Needs Teacher: As a special needs teacher, you would be expected to conduct multiple roles in an inclusive school as well as residence set-up for individuals with special/additional needs; this includes children as well as adults as clients.
Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:
1. Planning and executing therapy sessions for individuals with special educational needs (SEN)
2. Demonstrating a goal-oriented approach at school to achieve independence in behavior, academics, and social practices
3. Establishing and enforcing structure and plans (IEPs, ISPs, etc.) that ensure academic engagement and behavioral and cognitive growth of a child in a school or home environment
4. Planning and executing different activities from a holistic developmental approach while conducting home sessions for children on the Autism spectrum, specific learning disabilities, Down syndrome, intellectual deficits, etc.
5. Adapting and modifying the general education curriculum to meet the unique needs of each student by creating and implementing specialized instructional strategies and materials
6. Staying up-to-date with best practices in the field of psychology and special education for professional development through ongoing training by our team
7. Providing independence training to adults with special needs and other challenges that impact their ability to succeed and be productive in society, including social skills training and vocational and job-related skills training
8. Collaborating with internal and external teams (e.g., school counselors and speech therapists) to formulate therapy plans and maintain documents
Only those candidates can apply who:
1. are available for full time (in-office) internship
2. can start the internship between 15th Oct'24 and 19th Nov'24
3. are available for duration of 1 month
4. have relevant skills and interests
* Women wanting to start/restart their career can also apply.
Should be available to work for 6-7 hours every day
Alternate Saturdays will be off and every Sunday will be a fixed holiday. The location is in Mumbai (Western and Central line).
Little Pods is an organization focused on providing a variety of services for children with special needs in a distinctive way. Keeping in mind the individual differences in each child, our trained professionals aim to thoroughly understand the child and help him/her inculcate skills for independent functioning.
Our interventions and strategies are formulated based on the needs of the child while keeping in mind the needs of the school and parents or caregivers. The interventions are introduced in a manner that the child is comfortable with. We focus on improving the child's strengths while modifying his/her weaknesses. We follow a goal-directed approach to help the child gain various skills and teach him/her methods to cope with various difficulties. We also believe in training the individuals prominently involved in the child's life (parents, teachers, caregivers, etc) to ensure the child's needs are taken care of productively and effectively.