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LRE, MAINSTREAMING AND INCLUSION -

LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT (LRE). Component of IDEADefinition = educational setting closest to that of nondisabled children that also meets the educational needs of the child with disabilitiesIncludes ?continuum of services". Continuum of services. Regular education classroom

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LRE, MAINSTREAMING AND INCLUSION -

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    1. LRE, MAINSTREAMING AND INCLUSION - WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE ?

    2. LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT (LRE) Component of IDEA Definition = educational setting closest to that of nondisabled children that also meets the educational needs of the child with disabilities Includes “continuum of services”

    3. Continuum of services Regular education classroom Regular class with supports RSP SDC Special school Home, hospital, residential

    4. Questions to ask in determining LRE … Educational benefits? Non-educational benefits? Effect on other students and teacher? Costs of supplemental services?

    5. MAINSTREAMING Definition = participation of children with disabilities in regular education classrooms as appropriate Originally for non-academic activities “Visiting” general ed Teachers unprepared to implement effectively

    6. The move from “Mainstreaming” to “Inclusion” Madeline Will and the REI (1986) excluding stigmatizing withholding not cooperating not adapting Time for a change!

    7. INCLUSION Definition = education of children with disabilities in regular education classrooms with support services provided as necessary Includes academics Members of the class Need for collaboration

    8. Components to Inclusion Home-school placement Age and grade appropriateness Supports in regular classroom

    9. Challenges to Inclusion Time Training Tutors Things Twenty students Teaching mission

    10. INCLUSION WHAT DOES THE RESEARCH SAY? Academics Social cognition Self-concept Friendships Cost Employment http://www.weac.org/resource/june96/speced.htm

    11. LRE, MAINSTREAMING OR INCLUSION – WHAT’S THE SAME? “Special education is a service for children rather than a place they are sent.”

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