special education

[spesh-uhl ej-oo-key-shuhn]

noun

1. specialized or modified instruction for students with unique learning needs, especially students with identified disabilities. SPED

Sensitive Note

See special.

Word History and Origins

Origin of special education¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Students are taught by a team of credentialed special education teachers, licensed therapists, licensed speech therapists and others, according to the school’s website.

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There tends to be a shortage of teachers credentialed in math, as well as science and special education.

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Ms Ravenscroft said it was helping at least 30 families with children with special education needs and disabilities every month, with numbers increasing each month.

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Ms Hall "dedicated so much to the field of special education and to the lives of everyone she touched," Melissa Negreiros, an assistant professor at the college wrote on Facebook.

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Your background as a special education teacher comes up a lot in your new special.

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