Introduction Special education has made significant changes over the past years, partly due to the fact that people have stood up and made a change for the better toward children with disabilities. Children are no longer put into segregated hospitals and left to die and forgotten about. Children for many years were labeled as unlovable and a disgrace and hid away from society. Parents were faced with humiliation and public scorning for having a child with a disability and lived in fear. People are now more widely educated and have advanced over the past century to include children with disabilities as part of society and not simply a disgrace to be swept under the rug.
History
Children born with severe disabilities that included both mentally …show more content…
The many challenges the school systems faced was having enough teachers and resources to accommodate the growing number of students admitted into the Special Education system. The ongoing problem that the Special Education department has faced is staffing enough teachers to accommodate a child with a disability. Many schools lack funding or may be in a low income area that is plagued with poverty and this discourages opportunities for teaching positions to be filled. The school systems are overburdened and children are lost through the laws and guidelines that have been put in place (Mason& Williams …show more content…
It is the schools responsibility to ensure the funds go only for special education us. In some cases schools try to use funds elsewhere to accommodate other school interests. School systems are held accountable for the money placed in special funds designated only for special education use. Depending on the size of the school district and the amount of students these amounts may vary. One example would be the Weakley County Tennessee school system which has approximately 664 students that fall under the special education program. Each school is federally funded in the amount of $8439.30 per school year per child, an estimated $5, 266, 123, 20 The funds sent to each school are designated solely for the use of a student ( State Report Card,
History
Children born with severe disabilities that included both mentally …show more content…
The many challenges the school systems faced was having enough teachers and resources to accommodate the growing number of students admitted into the Special Education system. The ongoing problem that the Special Education department has faced is staffing enough teachers to accommodate a child with a disability. Many schools lack funding or may be in a low income area that is plagued with poverty and this discourages opportunities for teaching positions to be filled. The school systems are overburdened and children are lost through the laws and guidelines that have been put in place (Mason& Williams …show more content…
It is the schools responsibility to ensure the funds go only for special education us. In some cases schools try to use funds elsewhere to accommodate other school interests. School systems are held accountable for the money placed in special funds designated only for special education use. Depending on the size of the school district and the amount of students these amounts may vary. One example would be the Weakley County Tennessee school system which has approximately 664 students that fall under the special education program. Each school is federally funded in the amount of $8439.30 per school year per child, an estimated $5, 266, 123, 20 The funds sent to each school are designated solely for the use of a student ( State Report Card,