The Pros And Cons Of Special Education

Special education is a “specifically designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability, including instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings; and instruction in physical education” (IDEA,

2004). Today, many students require certain accommodations and some require modifications of the curriculum to help them master the skills in the classroom. There are thirteen categories of disabilities in special education; specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, mental retardation (intellectual disability), emotional disturbance, multiple disabilities, hearing impairments, visual impairment (including blindness), autism,

In Chapter four “Risk Taking” and he’s asking them about the animals and he didn’t give them any compliment on getting it right and rushing through everything and making them uncomfortable and it is exactly how some kids feel who have disabilities. It made me uncomfortable as well because some students do not get any compliments for getting things right and that makes them not want to participate. Students look for those compliments because they want the teacher to be proud of

Adequately applying the golden rule requires knowledge and imagination”. The importance of making students feel comfortable and giving them support versus just telling them what to do and being strict with them plays a big difference in how they learn. Julie Causton is just saying do and treat others just the way you would like to be treated. Both the English and special education teachers does exactly what Causton said is the golden rule in an inclusive classroom. They believe in making their class a stress free environment and they encourage each student to be themselves and not to fear asking for help.

The past couple of weeks of observing this class, I have learned so much about inclusion and the needs of each student in a classroom. I am in favor of inclusion because it does not discriminate any student. The class works together as a whole and is pretty much a diverse environment. You get students who are on grade level helping students who have some difficulties with the material. I think that this actually helps the students with the LD’s because they do