Teaches elementary school subjects in public schools to students with neurological mental emotional and/or behavior impairments. Plans curriculum and prepares lessons and other instructional material to meet individual needs of student considering state and school requirements physical emotional and educational levels of development. Confers with parents administrators testing specialists social workers and others to develop individual educational plans for students. Instructs students in all academic subjects. Creates learning materials geared to each students ability and interest. Instructs students using special educational strategies and techniques to improve sensory motor and perceptional motor development perception memory language cognition and social and emotional development. Works with students to increase motivation provide consistent reinforcement to learning continuous assessment of level of functioning and continuous feedback to student for all learning activities. Works with parents to accept and develop skills in dealing with students learning abilities. May teach in self contained classroom or teach in a resource room.