Views On Teaching Special Needs Children
Special needs children such as the mentally retarded, learning disabled, and sensory impaired children have always been a passion and love of mine. Because of my strong feelings towards these special people, I chose to major in Special Education with hopes to become a Special Education teacher one day in the near future with the insight of changing the way society today views the education of the mentally and physically handicapped.
I believe that there are many, but not near enough people in this world who share the same interest as myself in the education of the special needs, or the more politically correct term, exceptional learners. Most of the people in our society today tend to over-look the importance of the value of exceptional learning, when in fact this should be society's number one concern with education today. People today do not realize the increasing number of birth rates in children with some form of a disability and their need for proper education not only for academic purposes but for the ability to interact with mainstream society.
The problem with exceptional learners, or special needs children, interacting with mainstream society today, is the fact that society has a hard time accepting special people like this into our everyday world because they might look or act different than the so-called “norm”. But how do we find a way to make society accept special needs people? Simple solution: include the education and interaction of special needs children with the general curriculum students. In general education from kindergarten to secondary education, children need to be taught not only about society and the economy but the differences in all the people who may be involved.
Here we come across another issue, convincing school board directors and committees to accept the challenge of intervention. What can we, as a group of special educators, do to make a world that has been unseen and unheard for so many years, become a part of...
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