Informative Speech: Benefits Of An Inclusion Classroom

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Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to inform my audience that there are many benefits of an inclusion classroom that children with and without special needs can reap. My goal is to shed light on the positive aspects of an inclusion classroom that my audience might be unaware of.

Intended Audience: My intended audience for this presentation is for parents or caregivers who have a child with or without special needs attending school, educational professionals working in a school with special needs students, and students attending schools who are interested in learning about how they can help their peers. This topic would beneficial to the large population of educators, parents, and students. This topic is appropriate for any person who is interested in learning the benefits of inclusion classrooms.

Significance: This topic is significant to my audience because there is lack of knowledge on the positive aspects of combining children with …show more content…

Attention-getting opening: I attended a K-12 school with a total of 180 students. Out of those 180, there was only one person with a developmental disability and she happened to be in my grade. My classmates and I were aware of her disability but it was never strange or scary. We always thought of her as one of us. She participated in every group project, study session, test, recess game, and even birthday parties. Something I will always remember from our 12th-grade graduation was her father telling us that we were the reason she made it so far in school. He said we were always so supportive and kind to her and it kept her from falling behind. I remember thinking, that's so sweet of him to say but of course we were kind to her, she was our friend. Why wouldn't we be? I didn't understand until much later in life that the relationships built in the classroom between kids with special needs and those without can really make a difference in the cognitive and social development of special needs

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