SPECIAL NEEDS CLASSROOM

Implementing Best Practices In The Special Needs Classroom

Implementing Best Practices In The Special Needs Classroom

Research indicates that various program models, implemented both in special education and general education, can have moderately positive academic and social impacts for students with disabilities. However, no intervention has been designed that eliminates the impact of having a disability (Wilmshurst, 2010).

With few exceptions, students with disabilities have not achieved commensurately with their nondisabled peers; even students with learning disabilities as a group have not been able to achieve at the level of low-achieving nondisabled students. In general, the most effective interventions for students ...