Sadly, the answer is yes they do.  The students in most special education classes have hygiene issues, toilet issues and many times the teachers and students work in close proximity.  These students are less likely to cover their mouth when they talk and colds and contagious illnesses spread more easily.  The reality is many of these students are sent to school with illnesses that might keep a normal student home with a parent.  It is also common that Special Education Classrooms are in some of the older buildings, with no windows, or interior classrooms for safety or distraction reasons.  All of these elements create more air quality issues and teachers experience more illnesses and sick days.

• Special Education Teachers have special skills, training and an understanding of each student's issues and needs.  This means finding a capable substitute teacher is much harder for a Special Education classroom.
• Special Education students will have many more behavioral problems when they are sick or don't feel well.  This is why it is important to install Purifans to help reduce the spread of contagious illnesses in Special Education Classrooms.  Since many children are sensitive to allergens and can have serious health symptoms triggered by airborne allergens, dust, mold, pollen, dander and insect particles, it is even more important to filter these particles out of the air to make sure the children feel better and behave better in school.

This means in Special Education Classrooms it is even more important than ever to do whatever you can to keep the children and teachers healthy and reduce the issues of allergies, asthma and spread of contagious illnesses.  That is why districts install Purifan throughout their Special Education classrooms.  It is the right thing to do for these valuable teachers and these special students.