Inclusion: Should Special Needs Be Mainstreamed
Schools today try to include or mainstream special needs children into the classroom. Inclusion is the process in which special needs students are incorporated into the average classroom (“What is Inclusive Education”). This explains how they are to be treated like students who are classified as normal in a school setting and not as separate or different. This process is also known as mainstream, another word meaning to include special needs students into the average classroom and school setting (“What Is Inclusive Education”). Both words describe how all students should be viewed as equals and coexist no matter the limitations of a person. Schools should not mainstream or be inclusive of special needs students for various reasons such as students being bullied, being ostracized, behavioral issues, social barriers, not understanding courses, not enough one to one attention, insufficient training, insufficient classrooms, and budgets needed.
One reason special needs students should not be mainstreamed is because they will be bullied, however, …show more content…
An example is how to communicate effectively with a deaf person if an interpreter is not around, or the other person does not know sign language. A drawback to this social barrier is making the deaf child have low self-esteem (“Mainstreaming Special Needs”). Even though it is not our intent, we have an impact of how people feel about themselves. Our intent should be positive not negative. Another social barrier is effectively helping a blind person. The list of disabilities are endless and so are the social barriers that have to be overcame by both a normal student and a special needs student in the inclusion process. This presents a struggle for all, and should be trained on how to help and communicate before the inclusion process takes place in a
Schools today try to include or mainstream special needs children into the classroom. Inclusion is the process in which special needs students are incorporated into the average classroom (“What is Inclusive Education”). This explains how they are to be treated like students who are classified as normal in a school setting and not as separate or different. This process is also known as mainstream, another word meaning to include special needs students into the average classroom and school setting (“What Is Inclusive Education”). Both words describe how all students should be viewed as equals and coexist no matter the limitations of a person. Schools should not mainstream or be inclusive of special needs students for various reasons such as students being bullied, being ostracized, behavioral issues, social barriers, not understanding courses, not enough one to one attention, insufficient training, insufficient classrooms, and budgets needed.
One reason special needs students should not be mainstreamed is because they will be bullied, however, …show more content…
An example is how to communicate effectively with a deaf person if an interpreter is not around, or the other person does not know sign language. A drawback to this social barrier is making the deaf child have low self-esteem (“Mainstreaming Special Needs”). Even though it is not our intent, we have an impact of how people feel about themselves. Our intent should be positive not negative. Another social barrier is effectively helping a blind person. The list of disabilities are endless and so are the social barriers that have to be overcame by both a normal student and a special needs student in the inclusion process. This presents a struggle for all, and should be trained on how to help and communicate before the inclusion process takes place in a