The Inclusive Educational setting

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The Inclusive Educational setting

• Do special educational students benefit from the
  inclusive educational setting?

William Thompson Multicultural Diversity March
24, 2008
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Introduction

• Current educational practices
• Special Education Classrooms -students with
  special needs are separated.
• Inclusive educational setting - students with
  special needs are placed with the general
  education students. More and more schools are
  going to this type of educational setting.

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Introduction Continued

• Special educational Laws
• Education for all Handicapped Children Act
• later renamed to the following law.
• Individuals Disabilities Education Act of 94 IDEA
• it states that all will receive a free
  appropriate public education and related services
  designed to meet their unique needs.
• it is a civil rights law/ inclusion is not a
  requirement.

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Inclusive Educational Setting

• One in every 10 American students in public
  schools today receives some type of special
  education under the Individuals with Disabilities
  Education Act (IDEA).
• Approximately 12.3, 32 billion, of the total
  funding for education is spent on special
  education students.

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Inclusive Educational Setting

• The majority of special education students have
  received their education in self contained
  classrooms.
• One of the major goals of special education is
  the ultimate adjustment of the student to general
  society of non-handicapped individuals.
• The trend in the recent past has been to
  integrate special education students into the
  mainstream of the educational system.

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Inclusive Educational Setting

• In the inclusive setting collaborative education
  techniques between general and special education
  teachers have been regarded as a good alternative
  approach.
• Learning disabled children who are in the
  inclusive educational setting are provided with
  competent models that allow them to learn new
  adaptive skills and/or learn how to use their
  existing skills through imitation.

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Teaching techniques for students

• Special education students are taught with
  different techniques than general education
  students, however the overall goals are same.
• the main goal is graduation.
• Students with learning disabilities require
  specialized techniques, usually on an individual
  basis.
• classroom modifications which include
• extended time
• calculator
• modified content

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Benefits

• A cost effective method for providing appropriate
  educational opportunities for children with
  learning disabilities.
• Non-disabled children benefit from the
  opportunity to participate in the educational
  process with special education children
• In an inclusive classroom all children learn to
  respect differences in each other.

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Disadvantages of Inclusion

• Special needs students can be disruptive to the
  classroom environment, and may slow the learning
  process.
• Some critics believe that scores of regular
  education students will decline.

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Conclusion

• Beneficial to special education students.
• Successful inclusion depends on restructured
  schools.
• Inclusive educational setting allows for the
  maximum success of the special needs student.
• The traditional special education classroom needs
  to be restructured to include collaborative
  efforts of both special and general education
  classrooms.  

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Website Annotations

• Golomb Hammeken. (January/February 1996).
  Teaching Strategies. Retrieved March 5, 2008
  from website http//www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion/str
  ategies/index.html
• This site offers lots of information for
  teachers . It has several links that deal with
  specific strategies when working with all
  students in the inclusive classroom. It even has
  a link to for definitions regarding inclusion. I
  really like the drop down windows on this
  website.

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Website Annotations

• Newton, C., Wilson, D., (2002). Retrieved March
  8, 2008 from Website
• http//www.inclusive-solutions.com
• This website would be used mostly for parents and
  educators. This website is not as good as the
  Wrightslaw.com. There are several links on the
  website, but the user would be better off to use
  Wrightslaw when doing research about Special
  Education laws. It has links to buy videos and
  books.

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Website Annotations

• Pearpoint, J., Kahn, L. Hollands, C. Retrieved
  March 3, 2008, from website http//www.inclusio
  n.com/
• This is an excellent website for educators
  looking for training. It offers several links
  that takes the user to sites that deal with
  training and current issues. The site is user
  friendly. It gives different information and
  services that are available mostly in Canada. I
  do like the link about the media resources
  because it gives information about books and
  DVDs.

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Website Annotations

• University of Kansas (2002). Retrieved March 5,
  2008, from Website http//circleofinclusion.org
  /  
• This is an excellent resource for parents and
  for teachers. The website is easy to use with
  several links that takes the user to other
  websites. The user can find information in
  different languages . It also has links for
  lessons plans for teachers, but the parents can
  use these lesson plans at home also. Another
  good item on this website is the link regarding
  different programs that can be visited across the
  United States. This would be very good for
  schools when wanting to start their own inclusion
  programs.

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Website Annotations

• Wrightslaw Wright, P., and P.(1998-2007).Wrightsla
  w. Retrieved November 12, 2007, from Wrights law
  Website http//wrightslaw.com
• This website is a great resource not just for
  educators but
• for parents as well. The user can sign up for a
  weekly
• newsletter that provides useful information about
  special
• education law. The sites offers training , books
  and dvds
• about inclusion and special education. It also
  has a
• extensive law library. It also has a vast
  library of
• previous articles. The user will find the site
  easy to use.

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Print References

• Haager, D., Klingner, J., Vaughn, S. (2001,
  Fall). Introduction to special issue. Learning
  Disability Quarterly, 24.4, 218-220.
• This is a great resource for anyone interested
  in learning about issues that deal with special
  education. This would be a great resource not
  just for teachers but for parents as well. This
  particular issue dealt with inclusion.

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Print References

• Luster, J. N., Durrett, J. (2003, 11). Does
  educational placement matter in performance of
  students with disabilities. (ERIC Digest No.
  11). Eugene, OR ERIC Clearinghouse on
  Elementary and Early Childhood Education
  Champaign IL. (ERIC Document Reproduction No.
  ED482518).
• This issue is mostly for educators interested
• in learning about test performance of all
• students in the inclusive educational setting.

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Print References

• Rudd, F. (2002, 07-19). Grasping the promise of
  inclusion. (ERIC Digest No. 11). Eugene, OR
  ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early
  Childhood Education Champaign IL. (ERIC Document
  Reproduction No. ED471855).
• This is an excellent article for parents and
  teachers alike. The article describes the
  benefits of inclusion when inclusion is correctly
  administered.