Regular Education Teachers and Special Education Classrooms Essay by Top Papers

A teacher's work is behind a closed door in isolation. The relationship a teacher has with her student's is private and encompasses an intimacy that can only be found in a family structure. When special education emerged in 1970, with the entry of children with disabilities, separate classrooms were created with their own teachers-there was no real integration. Teachers became surrogate parents to children that need emotional, physical and/or mental stimulation and care constantly. Special education classrooms in many ways held back students from gaining the skills they needed to function in the world. The close relationship they developed with their teacher behind the closed door of the classroom did not prepare them for the world outside.