MW 12:30-1:20 Tyshea Leverett

Education Inclusion Inclusion in education is an approach to educating students with special educational needs. Under the inclusion model, students with special needs spend most or all of their time with non-disabled

Pros of Inclusion in The Classroom

Opportunities to make new friends and share new experiences. Membership/Sense of purpose or belonging in the classroom and school. Helps them to become more creative by seeing the ideas of others. Role models who facilitate communication, social and adaptive behaviors. Learn motor, communication and other skills in natural settings. More stimulating environments. Getting a variety of class schedule gives them skills and knowledge they may not have received outside an Inclusion class. Children with Special Needs:

More accepting of individual differences. More comfortable with children who have learning disabilities. Acquire leadership skills. Improved self-esteem. Diversity of friendships. Encourages cooperation and tolerance Children without Special Needs:

Teachers may have to learn to use different approaches in order to get the information across to everybody so they can comprehend it. Awareness and appreciation of individual differences in all children. Access to specialists and resources to help all children. Learn new teaching techniques that can help all children. More understanding of child development. Work with more diverse group of children. Teachers of Inclusion:

More encouraged to actively participate in community. Awareness of disabilities. Knowledge of typical development. Ability to receive additional help, instruction and information. Parents:

Cons of Inclusion!

Mainstream Class: The current curriculum that most students are apart of. However if you were to add students with handicaps or disabilities, the environment changes. By adding students with disabilities, It adds certain behavior and disruption to both students and teachers. The disabled students my find it harder to acquire the attention they need since their pace of learning my vary greatly or slightly from other mainstream students. Bigger classes, less time: Even though it is possible to target a wider range of students, it does not take away the not having enough time to give individual attention.

Teacher may not be prepared: Lack of teacher training, not knowing how to handle disabled students, not an ideal learning experience. Solo vs Co-op teaching: Different teaching styles may have more complications, having a solo teacher may not have enough time to attend to all the students, yet co-op teaching may have too many problems between the teachers that the students notice and prevent them from learning. New teachers vs Old: Some old and experienced teachers may have gained knowledge and way to teach disabled students. Yet some new teachers don’t have the know how and strategies to help the mainstream students and disabled one at the same time. Teacher Trouble

No Mediation: Some teachers that have acquired disabled students need advise and strategies, yet sometimes they may not be able to get the information they need. No IEP’s: (Individual Learning Programs) Can’t be implemented fully due to not being able to modify or articulate the curriculum. Making the disabled student lag behind because of the not being able to understand or be uncertain of the subjects being delivered. Teacher Trouble (cont.)

Some disabled students have issues getting the help they need. Classmates might “label” them by noticing how slow they learn or by how they act. Student segregation making it harder on the students to grasp the class and learn the concepts. Student Issues