1. Teachers may not know much about student’s disabilities education of disabilities. Some are not always prepared the way they should be to assist student with disability
2. Some teachers may need to be more educated on inclusion and may not know much about it. They at times need resources, training, and other supports available to support children
3. Children may not be getting enough of the assistance they need like one-on-one or small group to effectively learn.
4. Teachers show more attention to regular education students more than being concerned about sped students.
5. There could as well be a lack of support from family that causes the student to struggle more in class that may make it hard for teacher to support them.
6. There is usually a lot of disruption during learning time for students.
7. Some do not fully understand how to use an IEP.
8. Usually struggle in finding ways to accommodate students with disabilities.
9. Need to know exactly what types of assessment modifications may need to be made for students
10. Need to have more time to communicate and plan together with the special education teacher to find ways as to what will benefit student learning.
Benefits of inclusion:
1. Allows special education and general education teacher plan together which it make the load easy for each to help student.
2. Child can form strong relationships with teachers and interact with his/her peers.
3. Get the chance to explore in learning that will challenge them in spite of disability
4. Students can gain Friendships
5. Students can increase achievement of IEP goals
6. Allows students to work on becoming more independent in different work or task they are required to do.
http://www.kidstogether.org/inclusion/benefitsofinclusion.htm (Angie)
Discussion points about our lists:
a. What might be the reasons for the similarities and differences?
•The CLC members' level of experience or exposure to