Inclusion in Early Education

Paper Summary:

The paper presents the personal attitudes, beliefs and philosophy of the writer with regards to the inclusion of special needs children, specifically for early education classes and students. The writer supports inclusion and explains that it promotes the interaction of different capabilities so that the students begin to appreciate diversity and varied talents from a young age. The writer stresses how children can learn from a young age that everybody in the world has something to contribute.

Outline:
Introduction
What It Means
Philosophy
My Beliefs

From the Paper:

"The field of special education has exploded for the past few decades. Today children who have special needs are being accommodated so that they can become educated in a regular education classroom as often as possible. Federal law mandates that the children who have special needs are accommodated and assisted in a learning environment at no cost to the parents beginning at the age of three if needed. While opponents of such measures believe that it pushes children together that are not necessarily at the same level, thereby creating the more advanced students to have to slow down to wait for the special education children, I believe that the inclusion of special education children has the exact opposite affect on overall learning as well as the development of social skills."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bennett, T., Deluca, D., & Bruns, D. (1997). Putting inclusion into practice: Perspectives of teachers and parents. Exceptional Children, 64, 115-131.
• Eiserman, W. D., Shisler, L., & Healey, S. (1995). A community assessment of preschool providers' attitudes toward inclusion. Journal of Early Intervention, 19, 149-167.
• Preschool Inclusion: What We Know and Where We Go From Here. From: Topics in Early Childhood Special Education | Date: March 22, 2000 | Author: Odom, Samuel L. | More results for: inclusion preschool

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