Yes, this is called mainstreaming. Not only does the special needs child learn skills in a mainstreamed classroom, but so do the other members of the class. In most cases the special needs child only spends a few hours in the regular classroom and then goes to a special education teacher for the rest of the day. As a classroom teacher I have always opened my room to special needs students because I think all benefit from the experience.
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In the education system the debate of mainstream versus inclusion deals with the population of special education. When special ed students are pulled from special ed programs and placed in regular classes it is considered mainstreaming and when they are placed in regular classrooms but still retain their special ed status it is referred to as inclusion.
The Regular Education Initiative...
Collaboration means providing special education in regular education classrooms. Today, more special education students are taught in regular classrooms, and collaboration is increasing. Collaboration helps to ensure children with learning disabilities get a free appropriate public education, including specialized instruction, in a regular classroom.
A special class day class also called a SDC class is a special education classroom where students spend all or part of their day receiving special education services. They are not in the general classroom and they are with other students who are in special education. Classrooms are typically smaller than a general education classroom and students can have different disabilities or they can be a specialized SDC classroom for specific disabilities such as autism. They are usually mild/moderate or moderate/severe and have the teacher and paraeducators in the room working with students.
Many special ed students are perfectly able to function in society. So age 18 -- without parental permission -- just like regular students.
The best classes to take in order to become a special education teacher include early childhood education and child development classes.
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If the child needs it, they can be in Special Education classes in most schools.
I am a special education teacher--I have been teaching now for 12 years. I have worked with a very wide range of children with disabilities. I believe there are many factors that should go into deciding if a child should be in a regular classroom. Factors such as; what is the students disability and how severe that disability is, does the student have the social skills that it takes to be in the general classroom and the type of regular classroom teacher will be with that child. Many regular classroom teacher deal very well with special needs students. But I have seen some who don't deal well with special needs children well. These teachers need to know how to modify to the needs of that students. If these students get with the wrong teachers then that hurts everyone in the classroom. It is not fair for the student with the disability, the teacher and the other children that are in the classroom. Each students needs to be evaluated and all these factors need to be taken into account. We do many different things where I teach. Some students are in a special education room all day--some are pulled out for special services for 50min-2 hrs and 3 hrs. Sometimes the special education teacher even goes into the general education room and works with the special needs child. We all need to remember that every child is different and learns at a different way and at different paces.
Special education is important to teachers because one has to be qualified to work with these types of students. They have to know how to work with and understand students with disabilities and special needs; general education teachers are not able or qualified to do this.
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Depends on the school.