The integration of special education students and regular education students is referred to as inclusion. Inclusion involves keeping special education students in regular classrooms. ... I also feel that special-needs students will make little or marginal gains unless regular education teachers are adequately prepared to meet the needs of inclusion students. Also, placing special-needs students in classrooms with ill-prepared teachers can be a disaster too, and may be as detrimental as, these students not receiving any educational or support services. ... This is why I believe that inclusion i...

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Students with Disabilities The equal protection Clause of the 14th amendment has been instrumental in shaping many court cases and federal statutes that are directed towards preventing discrimination in schools. ... The judicial basis for current approaches to the education of students with disabilities also is closely is linked to the civil rights and equal opportunity initiatives. ... Details of this plan must be spelled out in a written Individualized Education Plan, formulated by general and special education teachers, and subject to the parents approval. ... Educational judgments i...

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He spends half his day in an early childhood class designed specifically for special-needs children. ... The school district won in this case, but here's why: They were able to clearly show that the regular classroom could not meet Daniel's needs, because they had actually tried it. ... Efforts to accommodate a student who has a behavioral disability could include the following: development of a behavior management plan specifically tailored to address the students' particular disability; training for the teacher in behavior management and behavioral disabilities; c...

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These special education programs essentially segregated the disabled students from the general classrooms in public schools, but did provide more individualized attention along with different educational standards. ... Even with this legal aspect, it is left up to each school and the disabled students" Individual Education Program (IEP) team, to determine the students" special needs (Delaware Department of Education, n.d.). ... The true definition of inclusion would serve all students, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, in a regular general education class that may or may not h...

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The Effect of a Read Aloud Accommodation on Test Scores of Students With and Without a Learning Disability in Reading As prescribed by the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, all special education students are eligible to receive testing accommodation on state-and district-wide assessments. ... Although these accommodations are generally accepted in the field of special education, there is a scarcity of convincing data regarding the effect of such accommodations on students" performances. ... Aside from the Koretz study, the five other studies showed sev...

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The numerous court decisions decided to pass the federal law that protected the rights of students with disabilities and guarantee them that a free and appropriate supported education was available for them. ... In 1975 the law for special education was amended and was made more efficient to better accommodate the needs of children with a disability. ... Before the enactment of P.L. 94-142 the special educational needs of children with disabilities were not being fully met. ... IDEA caters to the needs of children with special needs. ... It ensures that our nation's schools are safe...

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Students with Disabilities The equal protection Clause of the 14th amendment has been instrumental in shaping many court cases and federal statutes that are directed towards preventing discrimination in schools. ... The judicial basis for current approaches to the education of students with disabilities also is closely is linked to the civil rights and equal opportunity initiatives. ... Details of this plan must be spelled out in a written Individualized Education Plan, formulated by general and special education teachers, and subject to the parents approval. ... Educational judgments i...

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