Nanjing Institute of Special Education is the abbreviation of Nanjing Vocational and Technical College of Special Education. There is only one Nanjing Vocational and Technical College of Special Education in China. Because of its long name, it is sometimes called Nanjing Institute of Special Education. Another name is "Nanjing Special Teacher" for short, because the school was Nanjing Special Education Normal School before 2002. Nanjing Normal School of Special Education is the first school in China that specializes in training preschool special education teachers, and has trained more than 20,000 special education teachers for the national special education department. It has a great influence in special education.

If it is a special education school in Nanjing, it refers to a special children's school in Nanjing. Nanjing Special Education School 12: Nanjing School for the Deaf, Nanjing School for the Blind, Nanjing Gulou Special Education Center, Nanjing Baixiazhi School, Nanjing Qinhuai Special Education Center, Nanjing No.1 Primary School (jianye district), Nanjing No.2 Primary School (Xiaguan District) and Jiangning District Special Education.