Special needs is a very broad term. So before we can start to identify which of our students have special needs, we need to first identify some of what the term entails.
Usually the term would refer to a student who has a disability like blindness, deafness or who suffers from a specific mental disability. But the term should be used a lot broader than it is being used at the moment.
Description of a teacher who teaches special needs students:
Every teacher in the world.
Now you may say that this is not true. I agree that there are teachers who specialize in this field and who are trained to specifically deal with students with very obvious special needs.
Usually the term would refer to a student who has a disability like blindness, deafness or who suffers from a specific mental disability. But the term should be used a lot broader than it is being used at the moment.
Description of a teacher who teaches special needs students:
Every teacher in the world.
Now you may say that this is not true. I agree that there are teachers who specialize in this field and who are trained to specifically deal with students with very obvious special needs.