Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, to assist a teacher, specialist, or therapist in providing academic, therapeutic, medical, and social instruction and assistance to individuals or small groups of severely and physically handicapped students, including seriously emotionally disturbed, multi-handicapped, medically fragile, the blind, deaf, and orthopedically impaired; monitor and report student progress regarding behavior and performance; assist students in developing various self-help skills, including hygiene, eating, social, community, vocational, and leisure/recreational skills. Any combination of education equivalent to the completion of the twelfth (12th) grade and one (1) year of successful experience in working with school-age children in an organized setting, including at least one year experience working with special education children suffering from severe, physical, and multiple disabilities desired.