Aim: The present study sought to identify the training needs of special education teachers of visually and hearing impaired students at private and public special education centers in Amman city, Jordan. Method: The study adopted the cross-sectional research design. A sample of 270 special education teachers of visually and hearing impaired students was recruited in this study. A valid and reliable questionnaire consisting of (54) statements was used to identify the training needs of special education teachers. Results: The results of the study revealed that there was a high degree of training needs for special education teachers, especially in the domains of advocacy (4.51±0.76), educational means and methods, and motivation (4.22±0.70), individual educational plan (4.16±0.82), and evaluation, feedback and charting (3.95±0.68). In addition, it was that the training needs of special education teachers of visually or hearing impaired students differed significantly due to enrolled teachers gender, age, educational qualification, and years of experience in favor of females (3.86±0.68), special education teachers aged 36 to 45 years (3.88±0.37), special education teachers holding a diploma degree (3.94±0.63), and special education teachers having more than 10 years of experience (3.70±0.80). Conclusion: The study concluded that special education teachers of visually impaired and hearing impaired students in Amman city are at a high degree of need to be trained in different educational aspects. The study recommended increasing the governmental efforts to provide special education teachers with sufficient training and skills required to deal with students with special needs.

Training needs, Special education, Visually impaired, Hearing impaired, Jordan