Assists in identifying pupil needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and addressing health, attitude and learning problems, communicates pupil progress and program information to parents and encourages their involvement in their students' schooling, and makes reasonable provision for availability to students and parents outside the instructional day for required or requested education-related purposes. Develops lesson plans that, as much as possible, meet the individual academic needs, interests, and abilities of identified students, and differentiates instruction for students by employing a variety of instructional techniques and accommodations to meet the needs and capabilities of diverse learners, and assists in the development and maintenance of an individualized plan for each student staffed into the special education program.