Kids Together Inc Summary

In some general classrooms, teachers tend to give more time and attention to children with disabilities, leaving general education students who may be struggling with little to no help. Socialization is another whole ballpark, inclusion could lead to children developing negative attitudes about peers with disabilities, especially if they feel they are receiving more attention from the teacher and other students in the classroom. Teachers of general education classes may have a fear of teaching students with disabilities. They feel they do not know them well enough and that they will make a mistake. This can then in return allow the teacher to push the student with a disability away and not give them the best education piece they can. These teachers feel like they should not have to change their classroom for a student that is coming to them. It also shows that these teachers are not trained properly in special education.

The inclusion of children with learning disabilities into normal classrooms has proved to exhibit both positive and negative effects on children with and without disabilities.

Disability could delay a child’s social development if they feel left out, it may lower their self-esteem and their confidence in making friends therefore they won’t be getting the experience they need to develop their social skills and their emotional development because they won’t be learning to wait their turn and share. Also they may lack in a ‘can do’ attitude which could stop them from trying new things and trying again if they fail the first time.

Poor health and disability will affect a child’s social and emotional development because they may not be able to do things that their friends can do and not feeling included. Disability can have a positive affect for other children who are friends with a disabled child because they learn empathy and to accept their disability, not just point and stare when they see a disabled person. It also helps the disabled child to feel included with their peers. It also helps the children to learn to care for each other.

After viewing the videos of Samantha’s preschool inclusion and Peter’s classroom inclusion, I found that there are a few benefits of inclusion for children with special needs and their families. Inclusion classrooms can be very beneficial for children with special needs because it gives them a chance to be around typical developing peers to socialize with and learn from as well. In the video of Samantha’s situation, the typical developing children really enjoyed Samantha because despite her unique challenges, they were still able to play with her and they considered her to be a good friend. Another way inclusion classrooms are beneficial for special needs children is that, teachers of inclusion classrooms work closely with the family and team to develop the appropriate adaptations for children with special needs. When children with special

Inclusion can be defined as the act of being present at regular education classes with the support and services needed to successfully achieve educational goals. Inclusion in the scholastic environment benefits both the disabled student and the non-disabled student in obtaining better life skills. By including all students as much as possible in general or regular education classes all students can learn to work cooperatively, learn to work with different kinds of people, and learn how to help people in tasks. “As Stainback, Stainback, East, and Sapon-Shevin (1994) have noted, ‘...the goal of inclusion in schools is to create a world in which all people are knowledgeable about and supportive of all other

I believe that students with disabilities have increased significantly at Frederick Irwin Anglican School. Having been a student at Frederick Irwin for the last 9 years, I have seen students come and go, a few of which have had some form of disability. I feel our School is dedicated to catering for these children. If the child's parents have decided to send their child to our school, Freddie's, they want their child to be treated normally and be in a caring and friendly environment. Frederick Irwin has an inclusive way of educating children with disabilities, but they can still improve. For example, make movement around the school easier, perhaps a one-way system in place on pathways (so each side of the path is only in one direction). How

The teacher can encourage this inclusion by teaching the students, parents, and other community members about negative stereotypical attitudes about students with disabilities by avoiding negative words, such as “disabled”, or “crippled”, or “handicapped” and to promote positive ideas about disabilities into class work, the student’s play time and other activities. To further ensure that the classroom is promoting equality for the child with the disability, the teacher should incorporate an inclusive curriculum mindset, by adapting the lessons, learning materials and classroom to suit the needs of all the different types of learners including the child with the disability within the classroom.

The integrated instruction advantage. Studies comparing the performance and wellbeing of children with Down syndrome in integrated environments and special education placements consistently find that the children learn more and experience more social acceptance in mainstream settings (Archer, 2006). The comparisons are typically based on three learning categories: Daily living

The disability-related challenges faced by adolescents and young adults is a long list. From wanting to challenge parents and being independent but couldn’t because physically dependent on personal care. To the “politics of appearance” where it shows what constitutes a socially desirable body leads to the denigration of the disabled body. Making it hard to believe that you can gain their attention and affection. Also having to continually prove yourselves to others (example: capable of attending regular classes). And the bullying/misunderstanding of the peers around you.

Prospective parents will have a better opportunity to decide if they want a kid with disabilities. If so, they can properly prepare what type of special care their potential child might have. This also gives the future parents a chance to accumulate what will come once the child is born. Although if the parents find out that their child might have a condition they may change their

In my opinion the education departments are not doing enough to encourage schools and explain to the teachers the benefits of inclusion to both the children with disabilities and the rest of the students (Ashman & Elkins, 2009). Children are our future and it is important that through inclusion they learn to understand that differences make us who we are. I think it also further teachers the message to booth the children and the rest of the community that of social justice which says just because your different doesn’t mean you don’t deserve fair treatment (Ashman & Elkins, 2009).

For years children with special needs were ushered off to separate classes and schools. Children with special needs have the right to attend classes with their same aged peers in the same classroom with support. Students with special needs deserve the same opportunities they would have if circumstances were different. Inclusion gives those students with special needs the chance to be part of the community; able to form relationships outside of the family unit. All students benefit from inclusion; students with disabilities develop social skills and develop friendships while non-disabled students learn tolerance and acceptance.

mainstream education and providing the same opportunities for learning and development for everyone, wheelchair bound children i.e. can be potentially held up in their physical progression. A limited control of the limbs can make it more difficult or occasionally impossible for these children to take part in all the normal everyday activities with their peers and has an undesirable influence on the development of their fine or gross motor skills also their development can be affected in many ways, not just physically due to the issue, but educationally due to missed education from having to attend hospital appointments .also with the child not being able to join in this could also lead to the child feeling emotionally left out and secluded. Socially this could affect the child 's speech and language communication with others.Overall this could slow down the child 's intellectual development. I.e. Children with Downs Syndrome have a tendency to have lower muscle tone and most children with this disability stereotypically reach developmental milestones for instance sitting up, crawling, and walking later than other children who donâ€TMt have a disability.

           Better social skills are just one of the many benefits for a student with disabilities in an inclusive classroom. The student gains these by talking to students that are different from them and “by feeling happy for being part of a regular community” (Inclusive Education: A Renaissance). Students get to interact with all types of students, which helps them with their understanding of the world they live in. Social skills are important for all students, and being able to communicate with all different types of people will be crucial when it comes time for employment. The students are also able to observe how the other students in their classroom communicate with one another and eventually pick up on those skills. In a study conducted by Wiener and Tardif, they found that students in an inclusive setting “were more accepted by their peers, had