Inclusion in Special Education

For a long time, students with disabilities have been left out when it comes to education and other matters. Therefore, for this prime reason, I chose the topic of inclusion in the special education to ensure that these students are no longer discriminated and will have a chance to acquire knowledge. Just like any other child, children with disability have the right to education and which is fair accordingly. It is important to ensure that discrimination and negligence, which affect children with disabilities, come to an end (Miller & Tovey, 1996). This paper will majorly deal with improving inclusion in the special education as well as state its importance.

Inclusion is a term that is widely used and has several meanings. According to this paper, inclusion describes the process of ensuring that students or individuals with disabilities can secure the opportunity to learn alongside their non-disabled peers or individuals respectively, with equal opportunities accorded to them (Bakken & Obiakor, 2016).

The number of children with disabilities that receive normal education services is considered to be 13 percent of the total number of such children (Taylor, 2006). Data to be collected will include whether the children with special needs find it more comfortable to interact with the other disabled children rather than with the non-disabled. Several advantages are linked to the improvement of inclusion in the special education such as reduced stigma among the disabled children. Separation of the children may lead to stigmatization among children of the same peer, which may affect the general performance of the children in the classroom as well as their health. In addition, inclusion promotes differentiated instruction during the learning process whereby the instructor pays individual attention to the children, providing a better understanding. Thus, there is more reason to fight for the improvement of inclusion in special education. Special education also ensures that the children get an undivided attention from the educators which will, as a result, improve their performance. 

 

References

Bakken, J., & Obiakor, F. (Eds.). (2016). General and special education inclusion in an age of change: Impact on students with disabilities. Bingley, UK: Emarald.

Miller, E., & Tovey, R. (1996). Inclusion and special education. Cambridge, UK: Harvard College.

Taylor, G. (2006). Trends in special education: Projections for the next decade. Lewiston, ME: Edwin Mellen Press.