When it comes to providing the best education for children with special needs and learning difficulties, the debate still rages on. Many parents believe enrolling their children into special schools will provide them with the best education and stimulation for learning.
Others believe that letting their children with learning difficulties remain part of the mainstream education system will not only help them have a good education, but also allow them to be part of a society that needs to continue to embrace difference.
One of the many problems in this argument is that the term ‘special needs’ encompasses a number of different types of learning problems. For example, a child who is slightly hard of hearing is classed as special needs alongside a profoundly autistic child. Obviously, in an educational setting their needs will be vastly different but still they are labeled in the same way. [Read more…]
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