Under what circumstances should learning disabled children be mainstreamed?

Question

I need better answers..explain more...i need three main points that i can focus on for a 5 paragraph essay...

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Answer 1

under every circumstance. children with disabilities have every right to be among their peers in the least restrictive environment. always have high expectations for children!

inclusion provides:

peer models so that children with disabilities can have someone of their own age to look up to/admire/use as an example for behavior and social graces.

general education children and adults will see that there is nothing to fear from a person who is disabled and learn to act naturally.

children with special needs will be exposed to everything that the general ed students are learning. they may not be able to do it, but the do have a right to belong to the school community in every possible way.

i would say that learning disabilities is never a reason to keep a child from the general ed population. they only time i would consider a child with disabilities be excluded is for their personal health and well being or the students in gen ed.

you should not be using the terms "disabled children" that is not correct. you should not identify the child by a disability, you should use people first language. example: learning disabled children should be, children with learning disabilities.

Answer 2

I think your questionn should be reversed. The question should be: Under what circumstances should children with learning disabilities (people-first language--person first, disability second), be pulled out of a regular education class. The LRE (least restrictive environment) of IDEA states that you start from a point of regular classes, making accommodations to allow that child, regardless of their age (earlier is easier obviously), to be with typically developing peers. If the ARD committee decides this cannot be done, then they are supposed to move down the ladder in what would be the next least restrictive environment (part-time regular/part-time resource or self-contained classes or even other). However, if the child was already in self-contained classrooms and is ready for mainstream classes, it again should be an ARD committee decision, the school district is required to provide whatever supports are necessary for the child's IEP to be successful, including but not limited to a full-time aide. Each case has to be decided on an individual basis, which is what an individualized educational plan (IEP) is.

Answer 3

As long as the children can show, with reasonable accommodations, that he/she can do the work the school system under the No Child Left Behind Act must mainstream the child. I know for experience because I too had a learning disability in school but I went to college anyway, despite being told by my high school counselor that I would do nothing more than flip burgers for a living, and graduated with a 3.82 GPA. I have been accepted into the Universities of Virginia, Maryland and also Columbia University to study Computer Engineering. Just work with your child to find what he/she is good at and develop his/her strengths while working on their weakness your child should do just fine.

Answer 4

(1) They are capable of maintaining a progressive education in that environment. This means that their learning disability does not prevent them from learning at the same rate in the 25+ student classroom without 1:1 or 1:4 instruction. Many students who are LD cannot function without a lessor teacher to student ratio.
(2) Their needs do not reduce the other students from receiving adequate eduction. If a LD student requires that the teacher spend an extraordinary amount of time on their needs at the expense of the other students, then their presence in the mainstreamed classroom is doing a disservice to the other students. The other students have a right to a good education.
(3) Their LD does not generate a classroom distraction. Here I mean that many LD students become behavior problems and thereby distracting the classroom, reducing the amount of time the teacher has to teach, creating an atmosphere of non-learning.
(4) The general education teacher has had adequate training on how to successfully incorporate all strategies of education into a classroom with varing exceptionalities.

Having been in the education field with hearing impaired/deaf students, I have learned that forced mainstreaming is unfair, at times, to the HI/Deaf student and to the other students. Mainstreaming, contrary to the current educational philosphy throughout the US, is not optimal for all students, including the LD and the "normal" student(s).

My answer reflects the current 100% mainstreaming philosphy. However, I have found that many students who were thought inelligible for mainstreaming, were actually fine with partial mainstreaming. The amount of time is a mainstreamed classroom is gradually increased until full inclusion is achieved. It provides the social interactions necessary for optimal child development, accompanied by accomodations for their special needs.

Answer 5

Learning disabled children should be mainstreamed in regular ed classes while they are 5 or 6 yrs. They will be in classes with other children who are learning the rules. They can be mainstreamed for circle, math, reading, lunch, fine arts. Some of the above areas help a disabled child to grow and learn. It allows them to feel like the normal child and they are more eager to learn. We must start mainstreaming early. If we wait, it may be too late. Give them a chance to be normal. Sometimes children with special needs think no one cares about them. Allow them to go to music with other children. This may be what they need to make their day. We must take the label off these children. Some just need an extra boost to get started.

Answer 6

1. So the child has dealings with typically developing peers. 2. If the child's disability can be dealt with in a mainstream classroom.
3. So the typically developing peers have experience with a learning disabled child.
4. So the child can get an education in the Least Restrictive Environment as required under IDEA(federal law)

Answer 7

According to most states - all circumstances. In Texas, during the 2007-2008 academic year, only students 3-4 years behind grade level will be in a pull-out program. All others will be mainstreamed with a co-teacher available.

Answer 8

If it is not a profound case of learning difference. I have a very mild form of autism, and I'm in advanced courses. However, I don't think a child with profound autism should be mainstreamed all the time. Yet, the proundly autistic child should still do some of the main classes provided that he doesn't interupt the other students and can function with someone to help him.

Answer 9

I have three children with disabilities. There is no way I would allow an institution to torture my babies. There are other methods. The school and the parents are the truly handicapped in this case. Between the teachers and the parents, children with disabilities can be helped and taught to act appropriately.

Answer 10

Well the law mandates that children with SLD be afforded to learn with mainstream peers.
Peer mentoring has been proven to help students do better on hard topics.
The level of expectations that the student may place on him or herself due to peer interaction could be very important.
....Why don't do an Internet search on the topic and find your own resources!