blog




  • Essay / What are the pros and cons of inclusion? - 974

    Collaborative reassurance can help provide guidance to the general education teacher from the psychologist by suggesting changes or additional support, such as behavior plans or take-home notes. Co-teaching is another option to mix the two classes. Although this can be a challenge for two teachers working together to find appropriate teaching methods and both agreeing. In most cases, the homeroom teacher and assistant help work with students with special needs. In addition to co-teaching, there are curricula and teaching strategies. An example of this would be asking students to work in small groups to solve problems. Another approach to successfully include children with special needs is to train general education teachers. (Zigmod, 2007) Many people argue that this is a two-teacher job, teaching special education classes. That a single teacher will not be able to give the attention and dedication needed to teach a special needs class