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Mainstreaming

 

As the term discribes there are many reason why a child is tagged as a learning disability child. The schools should not separate an exceptional child from the rest of the children, just because that child is not up to the standard in a few subjects. This is why mainstreaming is so important.
             Now that a learning disability has been defined it is easier to understand why an exceptional child needs to have mainstreaming in the schools. Mainstreaming means enrolling and teaching exceptional children in regular classes for the majority of the school day under the charge of the regular class teacher and assuring that the exceptional child receives special education of high quality to the extent it is needed during that time and at any other time it is needed (Birch, 1967) As the definition points out, mainstreaming keeps exceptional children in regular classrooms to learn and if they need help that child will receive it, either from the regular class teacher or another teacher. This technique doesn't leave the exceptional child in the dark; it helps the child learn in a regular classroom, where that child can meet new friends. Also by being in a regular classroom the exceptional child demonstrate increased acceptance and appreciation of diversity, develop better communication and social skills, and increases the exceptional child self-esteem (Woolery, 1994). For those reasons alone, schools should have mainstreaming programs in them.
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             Now that people what mainstreaming is, here is why it is so important to have mainstreaming in the schools as early as Preschool through Elementary school. When the schools use mainstreaming in preschool it reduces the rejection and alienation that compound the burden of the handicapped person or learning disability child is to recognize that all children are different, that each child is unique, and to bring to bring together in natural setting (day-care centers, schools, playgrounds) from the earliest years onward children called exceptional and children called normal to learn from each other and to nurture and respect for each other (Hobbs, 1975).


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