Special Education

efficient education of other children” (Department for Education, 2001, p.V). As a whole, Finke et al.’s research further exemplifies why there is controversy surrounding inclusive education and where children with ASDs should be…

with the exceptional learning needs in the general education setting. It gave me a more concrete understanding of how to provide proper instruction for the students with the learning needs and how to handle an inclusive classroom. What surprised me was that the teachers did not have much help in the classroom. Often teachers did not have aids when having a student with learning needs. The teacher had to learn how to handle the students with special needs and provide proper instruction for them…

Introduction and rational I have been concerned with inclusive education and special educational needs (SEN) since childhood. Being taught in a world where nobody understood how my brain worked, where my differing developmental patterns were explained by labelling me as first ‘stupid’ and later ‘lazy’ made it difficult for me to view myself in any other way. I felt that as a child I was expected to somehow justify my difficulties, my behaviours, my brain, myself in a world of Adults who felt…

classes and then go to the learning resource room for the rest of the time where my teacher would help me with the work and sometimes unfortunately my teacher would do it for me. I truly believe now since I have been a teacher and now becoming a special education teacher, I might not have been identified if some of these interventions would have been in place. Now, we speak of inclusion within our schools and I have to say I totally agree with it, especially those students like myself who just…

What accommodations must be made for ELL special needs students that might not be made for English only special needs students and what accommodations may be made for both? Difference Between Accommodation and Modification…

Students who are on the spectrum of Autism under IDEA and other government programs qualify for free public education. Students with autism under IDEA are to be taught in a regular classroom as if they did not have the disability. Some students depending on how severe their autism is are in classrooms meant for students with disabilities. The ones who are included in regular classrooms are given extra help to make sure they succeed in school. These accommodation made for the students are usually…

without disabilities (Salend, 2016). The LRE is based on the idea that a student with disabilities will be placed in a general classroom with his peers and learn as much as possible with the help of the general classroom teacher, and if needed the special educators, and any other paraprofessionals who could help the student with disabilities. The LRE also encourages students to attend school in their neighbourhood, a school as close as possible to their homes, with other students from their…

No Child Left Behind did not have a positive effect on teaching students with disabilities. Having teachers be highly qualified is a positive, but the negative is that there is no clear definition. The testing of special needs students is not right because even with accommodations they may still do poorly. In addition, not having the right professionals to proctor these students puts them at a disadvantage. The Reading First program was a positive idea, but it did not produce better scores on…

report aims to examine and critique issues of equal opportunities and diversity, particularly focusing on promoting inclusion within mainstream primary and special education needs schools. This paper begins with a brief overview of inclusion and what exactly inclusion means. It will then go on to explore the different issues faced in the education setting and several theorists will be discussed and individually critiqued whilst looking at opposing viewpoints. Some of the issues and concepts that…

Inclusion is a concept that has become a commonplace in general education classrooms. Inclusion is the practice of incorporating special education students into general education classrooms to promote a least restrictive learning environment for students. To help make this a success for both students and teachers there needed to be a framework to follow to allow all students to reach the curriculum. This framework deemed best practice for teachers was Universal Design for Learning (UDL).…