Inclusion of Children with Disabilities

The school that I intern for does integrate children with learning disabilities into the regular classroom. I think that the inclusion of children with disabilities in the general education classroom can be a really good thing for them. Sometimes children with learning disabilities will learn better in a general classroom setting. I think that it also depends on what kind of learning disability that child has when deciding to put them into a general education classroom. Also, I think that children with learning disabilities can learn new learning strategies from their peers and can sometimes learn from them. As long as these children are receiving the right help and accommodations they might need in that general education classroom setting I don't see the problem with inclusion but there could be some exceptions.

The only time I feel like I would have some concerns about teaching in inclusive classrooms is if I really see that the students with learning disabilities are not progressing/really struggling in the classroom. Also, if a child's learning disability is too severe I might not have all the abilities/time to teach them. For example, their is an student in my internship class and he is very behind and below level and my CT tries to do as much as she can for him. My CT works one-on-one with him and also has me work with him but there isn't a ton of time during the day to just focus on one student. I just want to feel like I am doing all that I can to help all my students and make sure they are retaining the information I teach them. So I do think that there should be inclusion of children with disabilities into the regular classroom but it all depends on how severe a student's disability is and if they can learn properly in a general classroom setting.

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