Inclusion vs self-contained
We've had some discussion with school personnel about moving my youngest daughter from a general ed classroom to a self-contained classroom. In theory, you would think a child with mild cognitive impairments would benefit from a smaller class size and what would logically be more individualized instruction.
However, I've been researching inclusion vs self-contained for the mildly intellectually impaired (OK Mild Mental Retardation is the old less politically correct term) and the research states that these kids actually make better progress in the general classroom with pull out services like the resource room.
Either way there is a label, and their peers make the distinction, but those in general education actually have greater academic achievement and ironically more 1:1 instruction than their counterparts in the self-contained classroom.
The students that do best overall have a general education instructor with a special education background:-)
However, I've been researching inclusion vs self-contained for the mildly intellectually impaired (OK Mild Mental Retardation is the old less politically correct term) and the research states that these kids actually make better progress in the general classroom with pull out services like the resource room.
Either way there is a label, and their peers make the distinction, but those in general education actually have greater academic achievement and ironically more 1:1 instruction than their counterparts in the self-contained classroom.
The students that do best overall have a general education instructor with a special education background:-)
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