Inclusion

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The concept of inclusion or mainstreaming has become the most influential of all special education styles. The concept of including even the most severely challenged children within the same classrooms and schools as the mainstream students has had a growing influence over the education system. This paper examines literature on the subject to shed light on the challenges faced by educators, administrators, parents, and pupils within this system. The paper concludes that the solution to the problems of inclusion lies in balancing the system.

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"Though funding will remain the main opposition to a non-inclusive alternative or even a partially inclusive alternative, many schools already fund those programs through existing avenues and those schools should be analyzed for their sources and modeled. Current trends for district supported alternative education include many options. Those options are varied and can include separate special needs facilities within existing schools, which has been the tradition for many years but these options are also being influenced by mainstream trends in school development, not the least of which is the charter school trend which offers and opportunity for special educators to develop student driven curriculum for both normal and special learners."

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