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12/6/04
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Re: Inclusion research
Posted:
Feb 19, 1997 9:55 PM
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TRM wrote:
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> >Mainstreaming children with disabilities does cause some problems to arise, such as >maintaining order. As a teacher, it is your responsibility to work these difficulties >out and provide that child with the education he/she deserves. If you can not do this >you should reevaluate your skills as a teacher.
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> If, by "disabilities," you mean the marginal student who basically fits
> in the class academically but has ADD or slight dyslexia, then I would
> tend to say mainstream works. I don't have problems with these
> students. I find that they can be easily dealt with by eye contact,
> inclusion in the discussion and rapid questioning. (Keep up with their
> thinking speed.) Students working together is another useful technique
> since the students are all at approx. the same mental level and can
> learn together.
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> If, by "disabilities," you mean something more serious, then the rights
> of 35 to an education outweigh the rights of 1 to mainstreaming. We
> should reevaluate any blanket policies of asking normal students to deal
> with emotional problem students day in and day out. These students can
> only be mainstreamed on a case basis and then only carefully. The
> normal students have their own education to deal with and cannot be
> expected to teach, counsel, or confine another student.
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> Mainstreaming came about because marginal students were lumped with
> extreme problems and parents rightfully complained. Extreme students
> should not be taught with regular students. By extreme, I might also
> include the extremely bright who should be taught separately as well.
> They have a right to an education and should not be forced to sit
> through a year of tedious, repetitious work simply because of grade
> level.
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> I would be interested to hear your thoughts.
This debate has touched on all the reasons my son now attends a
parochial school. The damage done by special education cannot and will
not be undone. The practice of inclusion to effect a homogeneous
society has nothing to do with education. Rather, it has everything to
do with social engineering. I support public education 100% simply
because when my son enters the job market he will have precious little
competition.
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