Clarification for Ken and others

[Guest guest]

Ken,

While you are technically correct about all students being grouped

together instead of " special needs " vs. regular, there are cases

where this is not necessarily so. For example, in my school,

children are all in homerooms, but the ones with LLD (language and

learning disabilities) come to me for reading, LA, math, science and

social studies. They join their homeroom, mainstreamed, peers for

lunch, gym, music and art. Some do also go back for science and

social studies, but that is not the norm.

Max is in what is called " replacement " classes. His IEP is written

so that he goes to these classes in place of mainstreamed classes

because they are smaller, the teacher is special ed certified and

they move at a slower pace, breaking the material down into smaller

pieces to learn at a time. He is only mainstreamed for clubs and

lunch.

So, while the schools can say that the kids are mainstreamed, it is

really " mainstreamed as appropriate. " It all depends on the child

and that child's needs.

Jodi Z.