Inclusion

Inclusion

Inclusion

Introduction

Educators have been taking positive action towards integrating developmentally delayed children in the general school environment. Inclusion is when all students are being educated in the same classroom, regardless of their strengths or weaknesses. Years ago, children with disabilities were not included in the federal education system. Federal laws didn't begin until 1975 to allow children with disabilities to be included in the classroom. In the mid-70s, about one million children with disabilities weren't receiving a public education. They were either not education or sent to special homes. Today inclusion has become a popular way to teach and include children with disabilities in the classroom. Many people think that it is a great way to get them in a normal educational setting. On the other hand, many teachers are against inclusion and think that it takes away from the children in the classroom that don't have disabilities. After reviewing both sides of inclusion, I think that inclusion is a great way to teach children with disabilities. It is also a great way to integrate all different kinds of students into one classroom.

Discussion

The whole idea of inclusion is to be able to put all students in a learning environment without knowing who has a disability and who doesn't. No one student should be singled out in any classroom. Every student deserves an education without feeling alienated. In an inclusion classroom, no one knows who has an Individualized Educational Program and who doesn't. All of the students are mixed in the same classroom, but at the same time their teachers meet their individual education needs. Teachers need to modify the way they educate students so that they can meet the needs of student's differences.

It can be very embarrassing for students who have an Individualized Educational Program. Many times these students are labeled and they feel like they are an outcast because they are in a special education classroom. They feel left out and aren't included in the classroom with the rest of their peers. Inclusion gets everyone involved in the classroom and doesn't make anyone be labeled as an outcast. Often times students that go to the resource room are labeled as being "stupid." But, in reality most students who receive resource, who are in an inclusion classroom, have a higher IQ than the students who do not receive resource. Therefore, they are not stupid. The label they have received just makes them feel like they aren't as smart as their peers. Inclusion has helped to limit labeling so that everyone is included in the classroom.

Inclusion has also helped to blend services so that no one is aware of who has what disability and who needs what kind of help. Albert Einstein would have had an Individualized Educational Program in today's world. Just because you have an Individualized Educational Program does not mean that you are stupid. In many cases, these students are actually smarter than most of the people in their class, they just need a little ...