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Essay on Special Education The education system in our country was put in place in order to do service to our children. Despite this, in many cases, children that have disabilities are neglected by their schools. As a society, we all want to make sure that these children are being taken care of. However, there is a large spectrum of students with disabilities, and more needs to be done in order to meet every individual's needs. In some cases, they do not receive enough attention, and others receive so much that it holds them back from succeeding on their own. Generally speaking, students with special needs benefit from integration into general education classrooms when it is handled appropriately; however in many cases, students are still being short–changed. ...show more content... Koch says that, "By nearly all accounts, the law has been highly successful at educating students once turned away at the schoolhouse door as 'untrainable'...". Julie Verdonik too believes that the program can be successful, and has confidence in the special needs students at Maple Grove. With all of this success, why is it necessary that the special education system be reevaluated? Despite the potential for success that IDEA creates, there are many students whose needs are not yet being met. Some states in our country ignore the act altogether, and do not provide their students with the resources and materials they need to be successful. In many cases, teachers in general education are not trained enough to handle students with special needs being a part of their classroom (Gable). The two of these factors combine to create an environment that slows down the learning process at no fault of the child. On top of that, many low–income areas do not receive enough funding to afford to service their students to the best of their ability, further hindering the child. Misdiagnosis is also a problem commonly found in low–income areas that holds students back from reaching their full potential (Koch). Students that are simply falling behind due to overcrowded classrooms are subjected to remedial reading and other needs–based classes when they don't actually suffer from any disability (Koch). In some states, children with special Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

Essay about Special Needs Education One of the most controversial issues facing educators today is the topic of educating students with disabilities, specifically through the concept of inclusion. Inclusion is defined as having every student be a part of the classroom all working together no matter if the child has a learning disability or not (Farmer) (Inclusion: Where We've Been.., 2005, para. 5). The mentally retarded population has both a low IQ and the inability to perform everyday functions. Activities such as eating, dressing, walking, and in some cases, talking can be hopeless for a child with mental retardation. Schooling for the disabled requires a special environment–one that only a few teachers have the gift to care for. Instead of looking out for the child's ...show more content... The civil rights movement and the inclusion controversies run side by side, however the segregation factors are contrasting. Color of skin does not affect a human's ability to learn, therefore segregation was overturned. Mental retardation, however, will affect their education and peers in the classroom. Special education students have severe behavior or emotional issues that can disturb the classroom learning environment for themselves and the non–disabled peers. Disabled students often act out from not feeling accepted, frustration from the difficult material, and their cognitive obstacles. According to the article Time to leave inclusion out, seventy percent of teachers blamed the inclusion of children with special needs for increasingly bad behavior in the classroom. The key to any successful school district is the administration. Teachers essentially provide structure, organization, and the background of a child's future. To educate students with learning disabilities, it is essential that the staff has the training and resources needed for the appropriate people, place, and time (Lazarus) (What is Inclusion, 2001, n.p). It is unrealistic to expect that regular education teachers will always be aware of the latest research or be able to readily adapt the school's Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Special Education Essay Special Education In ancient Greece and Rome there are isolated examples of caring for and treating disabled individuals, although those instances are thought to be family members taking care of their own family. Typically early societies shunned people who were considered different. During the Middle Ages the church provided care for physically or mentally impaired people. The development of techniques associated with special education of today did not emerge until the Renaissance era. In the mid–1500s Pedro Ponce de Leon succeeded in teaching deaf students in Spain to speak, read, and write. Even though there was success with teaching the deaf, it was not until the late 18th century that attempts were made to educate people ...show more content... She was an Italian pediatrician who became an educator and the backbone of a unique method of training young intellectually challenged and culturally deprived children in Rome in the 1890s. Her approach emphasized self–education through specially designed "educational materials" for sensorimotor training. (Smith, 1998). Today this is known as the Sensory Diet. We are getting closer to have specially designed, replacement curriculum that is scientifically based. The history of special education in the U.S. began after World War II, when a number of parent– organized advocacy groups surfaced. One of the first organizations was the American Association on Mental Deficiency, which held its first convention in 1947. By the early 1950s, fueled by the Civil Rights Movement, a number of other parent organizations were formed, including the United Cerebral Palsy Association, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and John F. Kennedy's Panel on Mental Retardation. According to The International Council for the Education of Exceptional Children (CEC) website the group was organized by a group of administrators and supervisors attending the summer session at Teachers College, Columbia University, and their faculty members on August 10, 1922. The Council began with 12 members. Elizabeth E. Farrell was the Founder and first President, 1922–26. This is the main organization for special education administrators, teachers, Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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