special education teacher

occupational therapist

teaching assistant

physical therapist

early childhood teacher

Hebrew Academy for Special Children

My job at HASC is part time and I work with individuals who have developmental disabilities. I am responsible for the emotional and physical well-being of each individual that I am assigned to. There is typically a one-on-one ratio of workers to consumers. I have come to learn how to collaborate with other workers to best assure the consumer's best quality of care. I have also learned to be more sensitive and aware of another individual's needs. In addition, one of the most difficult aspects of the job is maintaining patience and a positive attitude while working with the consumers who display difficulty at communicating their needs. It is often a struggle to comprehend what one may need at any given moment. On the other hand, I have found this job to be extremely rewarding. I enjoy the fact that I am forced to put another individual's needs before my own. It has allowed me to put aspects of my life into perspective and I have gained appreciation for my own life. This appreciation has helped me a gain better sense of fulfillment.

I would tell high school kids to work here who won’t need to rely on a paycheck.  For the month of September alone you only get one full paycheck if you are not getting benefits along with October . Due to allll of the holidays they have in the beginning of the year. They will tell you that you can only get benefits if you work in a certain room that is very challenging and if you decide not to you will never get paid for holidays off. Even if they tell you upon the hiring process that you will get full time with benefits.  After working at this place for maybe a year I found another job and when I left they tried to say I didn’t give them a full two weeks notice and to not put them as a reference even though I busted my butt working for them.  It’s okay. Jokes on them I already had the new job so it was not hurting me to not have them as a reference. 

If you love children, and are looking to work at a place that makes you feel like you're making a difference, this is the place for you, My love for Children pulled me in here, it is rewarding to work with children with special needs. Higlight of my day was seeing how happy they were to be in school. Children may have behavior issues so the job does require alot of patience. Unfortunatrly it can become a stressful enviorment when there is not enough support from the staff, or someone to guide you through helping the child. I had this experince, lack of support many times i had to figure it out myself. I have no comment on the staff and administration, besides they treated me with respect. Unfortunately the pay makes you think twice,× about working here it does not pay enough. 

While working within the HASC organization I was able to hone some skills that currently possessed, while gaining a lot within both the medical world and the managerial field.  
I worked both within the clinic that HASC Center employs and as a receptionist for their Day program.  It was a wonderful environment, with a wide array of people with whom I came in contact with daily.  As the payroll and training manager for the two departments residing within my building, I had constant deadlines which had to maintain, in order to ensure that the employees were paid on time, and that their trainings were up to date.  
I looked forward to my daily job as it was fulfilling and kept me extremely busy.

Working at HASC is an ideal place for a student who is in college working towards an education degree. For money purposes, I would not consider this a place for advancement, or super long term career. The pay is not great, and if you are classroom staff, you get paid daily pay. If you do not show up for work one day, you do not get paid. That was definitely a con.. however, it is so rewarding to see the students grow, change in behavior, and actually have fun during the summer program.

Came at dinner time, served food and supervised their meal to make sure they eat and sat in a way that would be appropriate. Then helped them with there chores and relaxed with them till late night. I learn to work with people who are in higher need of attention and care. I worked will great loving people as co-workers. The hardest part was communicated to the special needs adults to understand from an emotional point why certain actions are not or are appropriate. The best part of the job is seen these guys smile.

My first time working with developmentally disabled population. I came to understand the needs of each consumer. Tried to nurture them and create cohesion in the home. To instill brotherhood between the consumers, as there were times that living together created discord. I enjoyed taking them on activities. At bedtime I dispensed their medicines and made sure they went to sleep on time. I also had to keep track of their daily activities in various logs.

Working at HASC is such a rewarding experience although sometimes difficult depending on the class where you are placed it is still enjoyable to see the children progress and grow. Everyone is very friendly and you fit right in. You start off the as a everyday substitute - when you are not full time with benefits you do not get paid holidays/sick days or when ever school is closed. Here they pick and choose who gets full time with benefits.

Working at HASC has exposed me to a greater understanding of people, our similarities, our differences and our complexities.
Before working at HASC I had a very limited understanding of behavioral, cognitive, and physical disabilities.
Since working at HASC, I've become familiar with practices like ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis), prompting (gestural and verbal), assistive talking devices, assistive walking devices, sensory diets, 1-to-1 teaching, sensory input, and so much more.

I have dedicated myself and my time, in different aspect by helping people directly, by being available to people who need help and could benefit from my talents, experience and expertise. I believe that each of us has a unique and special talent for something. Everyone has something that they love to do, that we do extraordinarily well. That something, that natural talent and ability, allows me to be of a service to others.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Special education teacher 14 salaries reported	$65,857 per year
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