full inclusion - special education
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FromSegregation
ToIntegration
By: Elen B. Simborio
Mainstreaming
Social and instructional integration of students
with disabilities into educational programs
whose primary purpose is to serve typically
developing individuals (Gargiulo & Metcalf,
2010).
Mainstreaming
Placement of students with disabilities – often
part-time – into general class settings
(Mastropieri & Scruggs, 2000).
Least Restrictive EnvironmentTo the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities,
including children in public or private institutions or other care
facilities, [will be] educated with children who are not disabled,
and that special classes, separate schooling or other removal
of children with disabilities from the regular educational
environment [may occur] only when the nature or severity of
the disability is such that education in regular classes with the
use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved
satisfactorily.
(20 U.S.C., Sec. 1412 [a] [5])
Least Restrictive Environment IDEA requires that every student with
disabilities be educated in environments
as close as possible to the general
education classroom setting.
It is not a place but a concept.
SegregatedLeast Restrictive Environment
Full Inclusion
Evolution of Placement Options for Children with Disabilities
Inclusion- A philosophy in education that includes
students with disabilities as valued
members of the school community
(McLeskey, Rosenberg & Westling, 2010).
Inclusion- Educating students with disabilities in
regular classrooms (Heward, 2006).
Inclusion
Students with disabilities are served
primarily in the general education
classroom, under the responsibility of the
general classroom teacher (Mastropieri &
Scruggs, 2000).
Full InclusionAll children with disabilities should be taught
exclusively (with appropriate support) in general
education classrooms at neighborhood schools
– that is, in the same school and age/grade
appropriate classrooms they would attend if they
were not disabled (Gargiulo & Metcalf, 2010).
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Key Elements of Full Inclusion Models
“Homeschool” attendance.
Defined as the local school the child
would attend if not disabled.
Key Elements of Full Inclusion Models
Natural proportion at the school site.
The percentage of children with special
needs is in proportion to the percentage
of pupil with exceptionalities.
Key Elements of Full Inclusion Models
Zero rejection.
All students are accepted at the local school,
including those with severe impairments; pupils
are not screened out or grouped separately
because of their disability.
Key Elements of Full Inclusion Models
Age/grade-appropriate placement.
A full-inclusion model calls for serving children with
special needs in general education classrooms
according to their chronological age rather than
basing services on the child’s academic ability
or mental age.
Site-based management or coordination.
Recent trends in school organizational reform suggest
a movement away from central office administration for
sped programs to one where the building principal (or
other administrator) plays a large role in planning and
administering programs for all children in the school.
Key Elements of Full Inclusion Models
Use of cooperative learning and peer instructional models.
Instructional practices that involve children
learning in a cooperative manner rather than in
a competitive fashion and using students to
Key Elements of Full Inclusion Models
assist in the instruction of classmates with
disabilities can be effective strategies
integrating exceptional learners in the general
education classroom.
Key Elements of Full Inclusion Models
Conceptualization of Integration, Mainstreaming and InclusionNORMALIZATION
Integration Mainstreaming Inclusion
Placement in the regularclass in one or moresubjects/activities
Provisions of interaction withregular children, with the
SPED class remaining as the child’s station
May include: Tutorial and other learning-
assistance programs
May involve ancillaryand/or auxiliary services
Placement in the regularclass after fulfilling specific
admission requirements
Provisions of interaction withregular children, with the
regular class as the child’s station
May include: • Shadow teaching in the regular class• pull-out provision for one-on-one• individualization in the special class
May involve ancillaryand/or auxiliary services
Placement in the regularclass on the basis of age
regardless of background, disability and its degree of
severity
No pull-outNo shadow teaching
May involve auxiliaryservices outside schooland/or ancillary services
after class sessions
Individualization withinthe class without pullout
Individualization within oroutside the class
Components of InclusionA. PREPARATION PHASE
• Policies• Eligibility Guidelines• Physical Structure: Equipment, Facilities, Lighting, Ventilation, Seating Arrangement• Staff Preparation• Parent Preparation• Regular Children Preparation• Curricular and Instructional Preparation
Components of InclusionB. IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
• Instructional Individualization
• Collaboration with Parents
• Networking with Support-Service Givers
• Materials Production/Technology Utilization
• Child Program Management
Components of InclusionC. EVALUATION AND SUSTENANCE PHASE
• Continuous – Progression Scheme• Evaluation in Relation to Criterion-Referenced Teaching• Multidisciplinary Team Evaluation• Collaboration with the Community: NGOs and GOs• Family Commitment• Transition
Teaching Strategies in Inclusive SettingsPrioritize objectives.
Teaching Strategies in Inclusive SettingsAdapt instruction, materials, or the environment.
Teaching Strategies in Inclusive SettingsSystematic instruction variables duringUse
instruction.
Teaching Strategies in Inclusive SettingsSystematic evaluation procedures.Implement
Continuum of educational services for Students with disabilities
Best Practices for Staff in Inclusive and Community
Settings
Focus on discerning the differences between students
with severe disabilities and their able-bodied peers
Instruction across environments with a variety of
“teachers”
Structured, sustained interactions
Participation in a variety of age-appropriate activities
A functional life skills curriculum
Teaching in natural contexts
An integrated teaching model, in which teachers,
parents and
therapists work together to determine basic school
needs
A commitment to work and independent living in the future
Additional best practices are:
Collaboration among teachers
Diversity of all students
Celebration of diversity
Standards success for all students bring together the
goals of general and special education