In the UK more and more parents are finding themselves having to put their children who have learning disabilities into mainstream education. One of the main reasons for this is that the government have not got enough money to fund schools or to train teachers to look after children who have these learning disabilities. Another reason for the increase in children with learning disabilities in mainstream education is that there are not enough schools to take in these children. Also the ones we have are already full and almost at breaking point. More and more classes around the UK have at least one or two children with a learning disability, and people are beginning to think about the affect they have on the class, one the teachers and on the
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If a child with a learning disability is in an isolated classroom and is seeing other pupils doing things they can’t they will feel a sense of isolation and therefore feel that they are not part of anything. This will then lead on to the child becoming board in class and in time have a bad attitude to learning and education which unfortunately in the future will affect the young person’s work ethic. On the other hand if the child is part of a natural and mainstream classroom they will feel as part of a group and will this will show in their mood and attitudes to learning. This will have a positive knock on affect as it allows the child to see learning and education as a good thing which in time will help them in their jobs and workplaces.
Also having children with learning disabilities in mainstream education can be an advantage to the school. Is the school just begun with one child the resources in the school would be unsatisfactory as they have never had to accommodate for a child with a learning disability. Furthermore if the school began to have more children that have to have special educational need (SEN) they would have to become more accommodating therefore in time would be able to welcome and look after more
If a child with a learning disability is in an isolated classroom and is seeing other pupils doing things they can’t they will feel a sense of isolation and therefore feel that they are not part of anything. This will then lead on to the child becoming board in class and in time have a bad attitude to learning and education which unfortunately in the future will affect the young person’s work ethic. On the other hand if the child is part of a natural and mainstream classroom they will feel as part of a group and will this will show in their mood and attitudes to learning. This will have a positive knock on affect as it allows the child to see learning and education as a good thing which in time will help them in their jobs and workplaces.
Also having children with learning disabilities in mainstream education can be an advantage to the school. Is the school just begun with one child the resources in the school would be unsatisfactory as they have never had to accommodate for a child with a learning disability. Furthermore if the school began to have more children that have to have special educational need (SEN) they would have to become more accommodating therefore in time would be able to welcome and look after more