Least Restrictive Environment

Students with disabilities have a hard time standing up for themselves. That is why the education program needs those teachers who are more than willing enough to stand up for them. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was established in 1975 to ensure that children with disabilities have the opportunity to receive free and appropriate education in a public school setting (Webb & Jordan, 2013). Along with the IDEA the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) comes into play. “The IDEA requires that the student receive the special education service in the [LRE]” (Webb & Jordan, 2013). The principle does not require that children with disabilities are to be included in the regular classroom, however, IDEA lets the child or parent
Since I want to be an elementary school teacher I want to decorate my classroom under the water theme. My plan is have the desks in groups and call the group of desks shoals or school, since fish travel in groups. If I have a student who has a physical disability, for example being in a wheelchair, I will make sure that his wheelchair is close to the door and that my classroom has enough room in order for him to move around effortlessly. If I am lucky enough to have a student with a mental disability I will work with the Special Education program and have a resource teacher in the classroom with him. I want to experience having a child with a mental disability, however, I feel as though it will be hard to have my focus on him as well as my 20 other students. Not only do I want to make my classroom untroublesome but I also want to make sure the children with disabilities have an equal opportunity of those who do not have a