Importance Of Special Education Needs

When Public Law 94-142 was passed in 1975 it had a positive impact on the education for children with disabilities. Millions of children in the United States were supported by the law. These children had previously been excluded entirely from the education system.

Imagine you are young teenage girl in the high school setting. You look the same as everyone else. Nothing on the outside appears to be abnormal. You want to be included and do everything else the other students are doing. However, you have this learning disability no one knows about except for you, your parents, the exceptional educator, and now your general education teachers. It’s not easy being different wanting to do everything the other students are doing. Well, this is why mainstreaming and inclusion are important for these students. They want to be successful like everyone else. They want to fit in. They want to go to the general education classes with everyone else. Leading up to this is why Individual Education Plans

* Special Educational Needs Codes of Practice 2001 – outlines the statutory guidance for policy, procedures and responsibilities towards children with special educational needs including the levels of support which should be provided to children depending upon their individual need.

In England, it is a legal requirement under the EYFS for all early years settings to work with parents and other professionals to support children’s care, learning and development. Certain policies and procedures must be in place to protect children and for guidance.

In what type of school do you teach? (Type an “X” next to the appropriate description; if “other” applies, provide a brief description.)

In the essay, “Giving Students Room to Run” by Lorna Green, she discusses her past experience with having a “special” needs student in a general education class and the reason why she became a teacher. In today’s society, if you were diagnosed with a mental disability or autism, you will be placed in a separated classroom with other students with the same disability. I do not agree with mainstreaming “special children” because no two kids are the same. There are children that needs more attention in a classroom, that a normal student. Special education classes benefit the student with mental disability because they will be able to learn at their own pace without trying to keep up with the normal pace of general education classes. In the essay,

“A system for equity for students with exceptionalities that expresses a commitment to educate each child to the maximum extent through placement, instruction, and support in the most heterogeneous and appropriate environment.” (Winzer, 2008, p. 43)

A second piece of normalization that is particular to education is inclusion. This is the practice in which students with exceptionalities are included in a general education classroom with their peers (Hallahan, Kauffman, & Pullen, 2015). This practice is also controversial, as there are a myriad of opinions regarding which students

A special class is a class consisting of students with disabilities who have been grouped together because of similar individual needs so that they can receive specially designed instruction. In special classes, the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction is adapted to ensure the student has access to the general curriculum and the opportunity to meet the educational standards that apply to all students. Special Class Services serve students with disabilities whose needs cannot be met within a general education class, even with the use of supplementary aids and services. Supplementary aids and services are aids, services and other supports that are provided in the general education classroom so that a student with a

Mainstream - to place (a child with special educational needs – in this research proposal it is in regards to LEP learners) in regular school classes

I am Jessica and it is nice to meet you. I applaud you for working in special education. I have found that it takes a special and very patient person to work in that area. Since you have a degree in elementary, did you ever work with elementary students? If so, do you prefer elementary or middle school? Right now, I work in an elementary school and am going for my elementary license; however, I was also thinking about being endorsed in middle school in case I wanted to go that route.

When I was younger you could have asked me what I wanted to be and you would think that it might have been the same answers every little girl gives. But not me. I was different, I didn’t want to be a princess, a celebrity, an astronaut or even a famous singer. No, I wanted to be a special needs teacher. People have asked me, “Why teach special needs kids?” And I simply tell them, “There is something special about them that makes me want to be around them. I want to help them learn new things”. Kids with special needs hold a big portion of my heart. “Why?” you might ask. Well, special needs kids have always been extremely important to me. The number one reason I love kids with special needs is because of my twin sister. My twin sister has a rare syndrome called Smith-Magenis Syndrome. It is especially rare for only one of the twins to have the syndrome and the other one to not have it.

When considering early childhood special education, childhood education and special education go ‘hand in hand’. Just as in the establishment of early education, there are many contributors to special education. Itard, Sequin, and Howe are

Special education creates opportunities for students, parents, teachers and related staff and administrators to work together to improve educational results students with disabilities. IEPs and 504s are the plans that help educators to develop education for each student with disabilities. The IEP is an important legal document that handles issues in special education properly. There are so many rules that school personnel must follow. In this assignment, I will identify effective procedures for documentation and remediation of the teacher, her behaviors and the allegations about her regarding a special education student.

For thousands of years individuals with exceptionalities have been present in all parts of society across the world, especially those with physical or sensory characteristics. However, the way that these individuals have been viewed has changed dramatically. Originally these individuals were seen as ‘imbeciles,’ ‘worthless,’ and ‘a burden on society’ and were often shut away from ‘normal’ society or simply left to die or abandoned to institutions. Society has, however, created a positive change and started to exhibit a more humanitarian view and protective nature and developed a concern for the welfare of individuals with exceptionalities. The steadily changing view of society has paved the way to where today these individuals are now considered a part of an all-inclusive society where every citizen has value, merit and is capable of making a contribution to society.