Careers ServiceI want to work in special educational needs

Sector overview

• Overview of the teaching and education sector

Typical job profiles

• Special educational needs teacher (Prospects)

Useful online resources

• General Teaching Council for Scotland - additional support needs (ASN) registration
• Capability Scotland
• Down's Syndrome Scotland
• Dyslexia Action
• Enquire - Scottish advice service for additional support for learning
• Parentzone Scotland - school directory
• Scottish Sensory Centre (SSC) - includes SSC newsletter and details of CPD courses on visual impairment & deaf education issues
• British Association of Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People (BATOD)

Job sites and specialist recruiters

• Times Educational Supplement - jobs across the UK
• MyJobScotland - local authority jobs across Scotland

Professional bodies

• Action on Hearing Loss (RNID)
• Autism Education Trust
• British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD)
• National Association for Able Children in Education (NACE)
• National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN)
• Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters (SASLI)