WHY NOT SEGREGATED EDUCATION FOR SPECIALS?

PRESENTED BY:NADRA AHMED

ADE 4SEMESTER 4

Content:

Introduction Brief history of Special Education Activity Common special needs of child Methods of Provision Which method to choose? Not one size fits all Interview of Special Educator Story of a special child

Why not segregated education for specials

My own experience References

What is Special Education?

Practice of educating students with Special needs

Addressing individual differences and needs Designed programs for those students who

are mentally, physically, socially and/or emotionally delayed.

Special Education programs and services adapt content, teaching methodology and delivery instruction to meet the appropriate needs of each child

Brief History of Special Education

Prior to 1940’sPeople with disabilities were excluded from societyConsidered unable to learn

1940’s - 1960’sGeneral shift in society’s attitudes toward people with disabilitiesParent advocacy groups developedCivil rights movement\

1970’s to the present Increase in number of court casesMany new laws passedShift towards philosophy of inclusion

Activity… Work in groups… Did people with disabilities come to school? If so, how did they receive instruction? Were they in special

education classes? Were they in the same building? Same classes as general education students?

Did you see people with disabilities working or interacting out in the community?

What was the general attitude towards people with disabilities? Did you personally ever interact with someone who had a

disability ? Now think about these questions as they related to school today. Is anything different?

Common special needs

 learning disabilities communication disabilities Emotional disabilities Behavioral disabilities Developmental disabilities Mentally retarded

Methods of provision

Inclusion: students with special needs spend all, or most of the school day with students who do not have special needs. Because inclusion can require substantial modification of the general curriculum, most schools use it only for selected students with mild to moderate special needs, which is accepted as a best practice.

Mainstreaming: practice of educating students with special needs in classes with non-disabled students during specific time periods based on their skills.

Segregation: in a separate classroom or special school for students with special needs

Exclusion: A student who does not receive instruction in any school is excluded from school

Mainstreaming and Inclusive Education is nightmare for teachers!!!Others worry about the effect of mainstreaming on regular students

as well as special education students. When a special education student is in a regular classroom, can teachers devote enough time to all students? In a survey sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), 60 percent of the teachers surveyed said they could not devote enough time to special education students. Forty-seven percent said they couldn't pay enough attention to other students. AFT President Albert Shankar says, "Both special education and regular education students appear to be victims of lofty ideals and poor policy. It's unfortunate that school systems are jumping on a bandwagon that is . . . bound to impede student achievement

NOT A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL If we are trying to mainstream or include special Children into

general curriculum than following unexpected situation can happen:

Other students may live in fear of harm from disable students. Children do not understand the concept of a disability. Behavioral Problems like bullying Regular teachers are not trained to teach these children. Delay in understanding concepts. Other students often have to slow down and wait for the

special needs child, how it is fair that many kids have to give up learning to benefit 1.

Interview of a special Educator… Is it possible for u to teach these deaf students with normal students?This is not an easy task to do, because they can't hear, their way of learning is quite different from the normal one. I am going to tell U with an example: They take much time to understand and learn even a question while the normal student can learn 2 questions in such time. If these students are taught with normal students what will be the

result? I don't think we have to compare them with others, they have what we usually don't have that is signs and we have the thing that they don't have and that is we can hear, that they can't and if we do this, that is your question , I think this will be a comparison, and it's my personal opinion about deaf that i observed is that when they come in a competition with hearing people they start feeling that they are nothing, they will fail, they can't do this, and I think they are happy within the people who are like them. And this is also very difficult to teach the two different creatures together.

Story of a Special Child… HELEN KELLER Can a person completely blind and deaf from early childhood ever live in "normal

society"? Can such a person make a difference in the world? Helen Keller did. When she was 18 months old, Helen Keller suffered from a fever that left her

completely blind and deaf. Since she was so young, her deafness prevented her from learning to speak. But Helen overcame her disabilities after her father brought a young teacher into her life.

Anne Sullivan, herself blind until several operations restored useful sight, taught Helen letters and words by spelling them on the palm of her hand. Helen, however, had to discover for herself that these words were associated with real things and ideas. Working with Anne, Helen was able to learn how to read (using braille), write (using a braille typewriter), and even speak.

Helen went on to graduate with honors from Radcliffe College in 1904. She then wrote many books and articles about blindness, deafness, social issues, and women's rights. Her works have been translated into more than 50 languages. She traveled to many countries and was honored for her work on behalf of the disabled. When she died in 1968 at age 88, she had made an unforgettable mark on the world.

Why not segregated education for Special Children?

It favors the elimination of disabled children Foster understanding and tolerance General curriculum for children with disabilities specifically designed, staffed and resourced to provide

appropriate special education for children with additional needs. To provide individualized education, addressing specific needs Self-contained classroom

Cont…

Disabled students should have their needs assessed individually and be placed in settings that will provide them with the best training for life.

The advantages of segregated classrooms, i.e., specialized training of special education teachers, more individualized attention, and less pressure to keep up with typical students.

Special schools will also have other facilities for children with special needs, such as soft play areas, sensory rooms, or swimming pools, which are necessary for treating students with certain conditions

Why I favor Segregated Education?

(My own Experience)

References

http://teach.com/what-is-special-education http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-children-with-mental-or-ph

ysical-disabilities-attend-public-schools

 http://www.crf-usa.org/brown-v-board-50th-anniversary/including-the-disabled-student.html (Educating the Child Who Is Different)

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080612153320AAKbs1X

http://articles.latimes.com/1996-02-26/local/me-40194_1_disabled-children

Special education From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://teach.com/what-is-special-education