Schooling for Children with Special Needs: Education

For the well-being of their children with disabilities or special(prenominal) needs, parents are often faced with the difficult decision of whether to attempt to integrate the child into a public school system or send him or her to a special school. Before the Education for All Handicapped Children Act or unexclusive Law (PL) 94/142 was enacted in 1975, public schools educated only 1 out of 5 children with disabilities.This act required all public schools accepting federal official funds, to provide equal access to education for children with physical and mental disabilities. This education was to free, in the least restrictive environment and appropriate to their individual needs. The act similarly required that school districts provide administrative procedures so that parents of disabled children could dispute decisions made about their childrens education. The ultimate goal was to help students live much independent lives in their communities.Mainstreaming or inclusion in the context of education is a term that refers to the practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes during particular proposition time periods, with supplementary aids and services if needed, based on their skills. This means regular education classes are combined with special education classes. Schools that practice mainstreaming entrust that special needs students who cannot function in a regular classroom to a certain extent belong to the special education environment.Segregation or undertaking in education refers to the catering to students with special educational needs, in a special school e. g. because of learning difficulties or physical disabilities. This means the individual determined in this environment is systematically monitored by teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials, accessible settings and other interventions designed to help them achieve their goals. Many writers have voiced on that point opinion, through their pen, on whethe r a special ed. tudent should be educated in a special setting or be mainstreamed/included in the general/public schools. One writers view is that Separate is not equal, and it certainly is not better. Simply stated, he is saying when students with special needs are separated they do not get the opportunity for socializing in or with the community, a skill that will assist them to establish productive members of society (Spitzer-Resnick). Witt, another writer said the disabled student should learn alongside his non-disabled classmates as often as possible (Witt 2003).