Define Special Education?

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Answer 1

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.Classroom or private instruction involving techniques, exercises, and subject matter designed for students whose learning needs cannot be met by a standard school curriculum.
Special education can include a range of support services, depending on the special needs of the student. Support services may involve physical assistance and therapy, counseling and psychotherapy, modified learning environments and assistive learning devices, educational and psychological assessments, and behavioral modification techniques.

Purpose
Special education is designed to ensure that students with disabilities are provided with an environment that allows them to be educated effectively. Disabilities that qualify for special education include physical disabilities, such as deafness or blindness; mental disabilities, such as Down's syndrome and autism; medical conditions, such as oxygen dependence or traumatic brain injury; learning deficits, such as dyslexia; and behavioral disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorders

Answer 2

There are a number of different definitions of Special Education. Here is the Federal definition. It is the one that we use the most.

56031. (a) "Special education," in accordance with Section 1401(29) of Title 20 of the United States Code, means specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parent, to meet the unique needs of individuals with exceptional needs, including instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and other settings, and instruction in physical education.
(b) In accordance with Section 300.39 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, special education includes each of the following, if the services otherwise meet the requirements of
subdivision (a):
(1) Speech-language pathology services, or any other designated instruction and service or related service, pursuant to Section 56363, if the service is considered special education rather than a designated instruction and service or related service under state standards.
(2) Travel training.
(3) Vocational education.
(c) Transition services for individuals with exceptional needs may be special education, in accordance with Section 300.43(b) of Title
34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, if provided as specially designed instruction, or a related service, if required to assist an individual with exceptional needs to benefit from special education.

Another, perhaps a bit more coherant:

The individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of physical settings, special equipment and materials, teaching procedures, and other interventions designed to help learners with special needs achieve the greatest possible personal self-sufficiency and success in school and community.

www.natomas.k12.ca.us/nusd_edserv/edserv_glossary.htm#S

Answer 3

first i want to say special education is not for kids that can not learn .this makes me so mad people all ways say this . special education is there to help kids who are slower than others this does not mean they can not learn or have some other kind of trouble . some need help in reading some in math some in other things .this does not make them no less smarter than others that are not in these classes

Answer 4

Special education is instruction that is modified or particularized for those students with special needs, such as learning differences, mental health problems, specific disabilities (physical or developmental) , and giftedness.

Answer 5

Special education is for kids who can't learn the same as other kids because of mental or physical problems. My great niece is special because she has Down Syndrome so she needs accommodation to meet her potential. He speech isn't clear and she is very shy and doesn't think out side the box at all. But she is in second grade in public school and up to grade level in her studies. She is a year older than other kids because she was held back in preschool for social reasons. She has had some physical issues too like she took until she was 2 to take her first steps and until she was 4 to talk and run. She took gymnastics but couldn't jump forward. She has physical and speech therapy since she was a baby and now plays soccer and does marshal arts. Her education had to be special you can't just dump a kid like her in with a crowd in preschools and elementary school and expect them to be ok.
Some kid have problems like hearing or walking and some are nearly unable to learn at all and have mobility problems.
My friend had a son with MS and mentally challenged, he went to special school and never learned to write his name in 8 years of education but he did learn to count to 12 and spend his last few years playing sorry with his mother. He died at 18 as educated as he could be.

Answer 6

Although our government has a set of legal definitions, my experience as a special education public secondary instructor defines it as: a set of services for those who cannot achieve within a normative band of achievement on their own.

Answer 7

Any type of education that deviates from the regular school curriculum. Special Education should not be categorized to be just for those who are below average learners. I would wager to say that the term is passe. My son's school calls it Life Skills and he is gifted.

Answer 8

try this out
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=7301&data=l