Creating an Inclusive Environment for Students with Disabilities

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     The article I read talks about the positives of enrolling special education children into the regular classrooms. This article states that there will be “a ripple effect that is good for all students” (Meglemre 36). Having both groups merged allows more than one teacher. A second adult in the classroom would also benefit students who were struggling but not identified as learning disabled. This source adds information and it supports the facts that I have found. I will use this source in my research paper to support the merging of different level of students.

     (I.D.E.A) know as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was started by Congress in 1975. This act is made to protect the rights of children with disabilities, two of the main tenets are that all students have access to a free and appropriate education (known as FAPE), and they are educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE). This benefits the children with disabilities because it protects them and their rights to learn in a regular environment. I’m going to use this part of the article to talk about the protective rights for children with disabilities.

It is very important to provided support to students in the general education classroom during all subjects and only to pull them out for small group for phonics and reading instruction.

     It is important to see growth, independence and success in all students, but the most dramatic changes you will see are in the lives of the special education students. The growth of the special education students and the other students is an effect of the mixed classroom. I will use this source to show the positives of the mixed classrooms. There are positive effects on regular students, special education students, and the teachers that teach them.