Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur speciallärare i matematik ser på extra anpassningar och särskilt stöd i matematikundervisningen. Studien har en hermeneutisk ansats och semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med fyra speciallärare i matematik verksamma på F-6 och 7-9 skolor för att få en förståelse för hur speciallärare i matematik ser på de nya direktiven i skollagen kring stödinsatser.   Som analysverktyg har gällande skollag, Lgr 11 samt Skolverkets allmänna råd använts men även olika specialpedagogiska perspektiv. Resultatet i studien visar att tre av speciallärarna i matematik ser extra anpassningar som ett enklare mellansteg mellan elevens behov och särskilt stöd men att anpassningar inte upplevs som en ny företeelse bland lärarna. Däremot är det ingen av speciallärarna i matematik som upplever att arbetet med extra anpassningar har minskat den administrativa bördan.   I resultatet framgår även att speciallärarna i matematik inte upplever någon tydlig gräns mellan extra anpassningar och särskilt stöd utan det är insatsens karaktär som är avgörande. Resultatet visar också att omfattning, varaktighet och ingripande karaktär är viktiga parametrar i definitionen av särskilt stöd. I studien kan också olika specialpedagogiska perspektiv urskiljas vars betydelse framträder i speciallärarnas beskrivningarna av konsekvenserna för såväl skolans arbete som i förhållningssättet till elever i behov av stöd.   För att de nya bestämmelserna kring stödinsatser ska få önskad effekt är det av betydelse att speciallärare i matematik har den kompetens som krävs för att bedöma och tolka extra anpassningar och särskilt stöd i syfte att kunna vägleda matematiklärare i arbetet mot att elever ska nå målen för utbildningen. / The aim of this study is to investigate special adjustments and special support in the mathematics education from a special education teacher in mathematics perspective. The study has a hermeneutical approach. Accordingly, semi-structured interviews with four special education teachers in mathematics from grade F-6 and grade 7-9 has been used to gain an understanding of how special education teachers in mathematics view the new directives in the school law regarding support measures.  The analytical tools that has been used are the Swedish School Law, the curriculum (Lgr 11) , general advice from the Ministry of Education and perspectives on special education. The result of the study shows that three of the special education teachers in mathematics see the special adjustments as a path between the students’ needs and special support but the teachers doesn´t regard it as anything new. However, none of the special education teachers in mathematics notice any decrease in administrative burden in the work of special adjustments. Also noticeable from the results, is that the special education teachers in mathematics experience make no difference between the special adjustments and special support. Rather, it was the character of the special educational support that was definitive. The result also shows that the width, length and level of involvement are important indicators when measuring special support. In the study different perspective on special education can be noticed in the special education teachers in mathematics descriptions of the consequences for both the school's work as in the approach to students in need of support. So, if the new laws regarding special educational support will have the desired effect, it is necessary that the special education teachers in mathematics have the required level of competence to interpret what special adjustments and special support is and being able to guide teacher in mathematics to be able to guide students to achive the educational goals.

The aim for this study is to describe what previous work-related experiences Special Education teachers in mathematics have about their professional role and how these experiences can be understood based on professional theories. The focus with these professional theories is to observe the status of the occupation and two different ideal-types of control of the profession. The aim for this study is also to contribute with knowledge about how the Special Education teachers express the expectations and challenges they encounter in mathematics education. Digital surveys and qualitative interviews were the methods used for collecting data of which 63 answers from the survey were collected and 12 interviews were conducted. The main results show that the experiences of the special education teachers in this study are scattered. It shows that their status and how the profession is controlled is affected by surrounding factors. It can show that the profession is under construction. Hopefully will the thesis contribute with new knowledge to newly educated Special Education teachers about the expectations and challenges in their new occupational role.