Educating Students With Children With Disabilities

Mainstreaming: The integration of children with special needs into regular classrooms for part of the

The research in this paper is to discuss strategies used to teach students with severe disabilities in mathematics. “According to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, (AAIDD) Intellectual disability is characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills. The diagnoses of the disability should come before the age of 18 (Westling, Fox, & Carter, 2015).” Mathematics is a core subject area that can pose a challenge for a large amount of students in America, and especially those with severe disabilities. “According to a study, only a quarter of students with disabilities that

Inclusion, in the world of education, is an approach or teaching strategy that focuses on including students with disabilities in the general education setting. The goal of inclusion is to educate students who may struggle with a variety of disabilities. The views on inclusion differ. Some educators are very receptive to the ideals of inclusion and all that it in tells. “The teachers (a) had favorable views of the concept of inclusion; (b) differed in their efficacy in achieving successful inclusion, and (c) faced challenges in their inclusive practices” (Hodge, Ammah, Casebolt, LaMaster, Hersman, Samalot-Rivera, & Sato 2009, 402). Some educators believe that it takes away from student learning for the non-disabled student. Jana Kratochvílová states: teacher have to address the fundamental question: how to most effectively organize the learning process for a diverse community of pupils within the class and therefore he needs to think through the possibilities of internal differentiation in the organizational aspect” (Kratochvílová 2015, 640). It is true, not all students with disabilities can be included in a general education classroom successfully. The student’s placement may require reevaluation in order to help provide the student with the best opportunity to succeed. Reevaluating the staff and their level of understanding and education concerning inclusion may increase the changes for a student to be successful. The staff should not

Are all children created equal? Are they all the same? Do they all need the same things? Can they all excel at the same pace? These and many more questions come up when we discuss the topic of inclusion. Inclusion is the term many educational professionals use to explain the integration of students with special needs into regular education classes. The terms mainstreaming, deinstitutionized, normalization, as well as the least restrictive environment all have been used to in the past to refer to inclusion. Is inclusion what is best for all students with disabilities? What steps need to be taken in order to achieve this goal?

From your perspective, what exactly, are we talking about when we say “special education curriculum”? At first I was a little confused about this question. I was thinking about special education curriculum in the terms of an adaptive curriculum. After reading the articles form this module and locating my own article, “special education curriculum” refers to what educators are doing to make the general education curriculum accessible to students with disabilities. Although there have been many changes related to the education of students with disabilities, there is still a noticeable gap in achievement between students without disabilities and students with disabilities (Aron & Loprest, 2012).

In addition to problems related to definition, it also should be understood that there often is a theoretical or conceptual distinction created between mainstreaming and inclusion. Those who support the idea of mainstreaming believe that a student with disabilities first have its place in the special education environment and that the student must earn their way into the general education environment.

I have been working with students with exceptionalities in many different complicates over the past 6 years. My first job working with students with disabilities was aa a camp consoler at Aaron's Acers,a summer camp that helps students with disabilities work on their social, motor and communication skills. My main responsibilities in this position was working with one child and helping them improve the desired skills decided on by their parents and teachers during the school year. I was also responsible for helping the other staff members plan activities and events for each of the camp sessions. I worked with this amazing organization for 5 consecutive summers between 2013- 2017.

An article from the University of Oregon researches if it is beneficial to place students in an inclusive setting. In the article it first defines what inclusion is. Inclusion is, “defined as providing specially designed instruction and supports for the students with special needs in the context of the regular education settings” (Moore p. 1). The article was interesting because it mentioned that research had found that, “Instruction not setting, is the key to achievement of success as measured by student outcomes” (Moore p. 1). The article also taught us the difference between mainstreaming and inclusion. Mainstreaming is when students no longer need special education services and are put in the general education classroom. Inclusion is when students are placed in the general education classroom, but still receive specially designed instruction and services (Moore p. 2). Research found that “inclusion is more effective than either integration or mainstreaming” (Moore p. 2). The article

In this debate by Robert Tomsho called Parents of Disabled Students Push for Separate Classes gives many of different stories towards exclusion (against mainstreaming). Valerie was in a mainstream environment when she was in kindergarten. She was very disruptive; she would run around the school and lash out at other teachers and classmates. She even lashed out to the point of giving a teacher a black eye. Ms. Travis says, “Valerie did not learn anything that year, she regressed.” Mrs. Travis believes that mainstreaming can actually hinder the students that mainstreaming is trying to help. Parents are now demanding segregated teaching environments wither it being separate schools or exclusive classrooms.

This essay is entitled Educating Special Needs Students, the author will discuss and several important issues, which will be the following; the defining of Mental Retardation a term the author despises, Autism, Severe Disabilities and Multiple Disabilities, also their causes, and the impact of these disabilities have on the education of students with Mental Retardation. In addition to the above mentioned, the essay will identify areas of curriculum, necessary for students with severe disabilities and will explain why. Addressed also will be the

Another important thing as an educator is to know the difference between the word “mainstreaming” and “inclusion.” Mainstreaming means the student “attends special education classes most of the time and are integrated in some nonacademic, general education classes for part of the day”, while inclusion is “to integrate students with disabilities into the same classes as their nondisabled peers at ALL times” (Correa-Torres 2008, 273). Inclusion has been found to be beneficial for deaf/blind students. However, in order for inclusion to happen, there must be some changes made in the structure of the classroom and in learning to

Does academic success of the disabled children decrease due to the environment of the general education classroom?

For many years special education children have segregated in their own learning facilities with their aid and other special education children. However, in the last decade do too the increasing benefits noted that special education students receive from mainstreaming it has caused an increase in schools partaking.

Another form of discrimination that is occurring in society is disabled people who are not receiving the necessary benefits. For instance, most of the disabled individuals do not receive equal benefits because they do not have a job. Most do not have access to medical or insurance because they do not have a job in which they can support themselves. This kind of discrimination and treatment creates disabled people to have feelings of anger and sadness as they are not being protected and their rights are violated. Society characterizes disabled people as not being normal because of their physical or emotional disability. Another form of discrimination that is occurring is how disabled students are not receiving the education and support they need. Today there is not enough teachers who are willing to help disabled students with their special education. Also, budget cuts are currently affecting public schools and instead of investing that money for special education, 85% of the budget is spent on salaries and the benefits of the employees. This not only is affecting the disabled students, but also there are not available resources to support them. Although disabled students are discriminated there are some great resources that are available to them. On the other hand, handy cap students that come from low- income families have an advantage of receiving free education and transportation.

Students with special needs have the right to an equal education, including the right to be in a regular classroom. This is beneficial to every child in the classroom as they develop social skills with those who are different from them. Complete inclusion of every child, entails allowing any student to stay in the classroom to learn and participate. There are different approaches to inclusion in the classroom, some view children with disabilities as hindrances and cannot learn in a class setting. However, there are many advocates who fight for the rights for children with disabilities, such as the right to remain in a classroom. Full inclusion benefits both the children with disabilities and the other children as a complete community is