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This page seriously lacks references.
Ditto, it reads the same way to me. 168.215.245.19 (talk) 19:12, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Whatamidoing: That's a good solution to the USA legal thing. There's another specific USA reference - at least I assume it is - later in the entry: "K12". I'm not sure what this is. There's a sentence at the end of the progressive education section that doesn't belong there too, but I'm not sure what to do with it. Rowmn (talk) 20:36, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
I think that the intro confuses the purpose of this article. Is it just about students with special needs (like learning disabilities) or those of minority identities that may be the target of subtle bias in the classroom??? Hparten (talk) 22:53, 26 April 2017 (UTC) Hallie Parten
Arguably the most important part, seeing how small the attention span of readers is these days. That being said, I've read that in fact inclusion is used by school districts to include students with severe disabilites into gen ed classrooms, not those with mild to moderate disabilities as expounded here. I think this makes sense;look at the benefits section. I don't see it as a primary means of approach for students with learning disabilites, because there isn't much in the way that would reason to have them seperated from their peers. Anyone object if I change the intro a bit? Jim Steele (talk) 03:24, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
I'm not sure how to make this actually fit, so I'm pulling it out for now. It seems odd.WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:44, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
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Result: No merge. I have closed the merge proposal because there has been no support after six weeks from anyone except the nominator. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:21, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Original request posted at WP:RM: "Inclusion is simply another method of helping special needs students achieve their full potential. Special education is about the methods of helping special needs students achieve their full potential. It makes no sense to have another article for it. It only confuses the whole thing. It would make sense to have the inclusion article merged into the special education article. --Tigereyes92 (talk) 01:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
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It appears that the term inclusive school is generally used to mean "any school that practices Inclusion (education)." Consequently, it's probably time to merge inclusive school into this article. If anyone has any objections, please share your concerns. WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:11, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
I read: "Advocates for inclusion say that the long-term effects of typical students who are included with special needs students at a very young age have a heightened sensitivity to the challenges that others face, increased empathy and compassion, and improved leadership skills, which benefits all of society.[citation needed]"
In Giangreco, M.F., Cloninger, C.J.,& Iverson, V.S.(1998). Choosing outcomes and accommodations for Children (COACH): A guide to educational planning for students with disabilities (2nd ed.). Baltimore: Paul H Brookes Plublishing Co., the authors discuss some research that pertains to the impact inclusion has on typical students. They suggest the earlier students in the general education population are exposed to students with disabilities--particularly those with severe needs--the more likely there is not only tolerance but genuine compassion in the crucial teen years increasing social and academic success for both groups. The later it happens, the less likely for any positive outcomes for both groups. Jim Steele (talk) 01:14, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
The last bit on "post-structuralist" perspectives on inclusion isn't necessary. I don't think we need to drag Derrida into this already big article! Playing semantics won't get us anywhere here, and I think that space would be best served with maybe some projections as to what inclusion may look like based on current trends and projects (I'll look for some verfiable research on this).
Jim Steele (talk) 03:05, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
The merge is a great improvement. I axed the post-structuralism bit. The source was dubious and although it may have some good points it's not adding anything to this article; actually it kind of throws the reader off, questioning just what it means to say "inclusion" and although it has merit it's philosophical conjecture not information based on research or practice.
Jim Steele (talk) 03:28, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
This text:
...students with mild to moderate special needs, for which is accepted as a best practice.[1]
was removed (without quite taking the entire ref text; I've cleaned that up). Is there any reason that the claim that inclusion of students with mild to moderate needs is a best practice has been removed? It would be unusual to see a child with, say, mild dyslexia being segregated in a special unit or self-contained classroom. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:53, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
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It was I who removed that bit. The reference was comparing inclusion vs. resource rooms. Although it did have some results that indicated the ICM was useful, the results could not be generalized. This is because the district had used the ICM before, and thus is not a good measure of how inclusion works at large. Moreover, the original text mentioned that inclusion is most effective (or used primarily) for students with mild to moderate disabilities and is best practice. In fact, research points to the fact that students with severe disabilites benefit most from inclusion (in fact, that would be considered "best practice"). I tried to add some sources that backed this up. Students with mild disabilities (e.g. mild dyslexia) benefit most from direct instruction via a resource room model to focus on those IEP goals, and are already part of the inclusion model. Unless the school ascribes to tracking, they are in heterogenous classes, and are with their peers (some of which perform higher then them academically, others not so much). I think the part and full inclusion section needs expansion. The way I see it inclusion is not an all or nothing decision. Jim Steele (talk) 00:10, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
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Le gouvernement français se trouve, concernant le handicap, devant une situation particulière qui n'est pas du tout désespérée, mais qui nécessite « du punch ». Nous allons montrer quelques points développant cette remarque d'actualité en décrivant le contexte international puis national de la scolarisation des enfants handicapés. Voir l'article de COURTAULT Michel : Note sur la scolarisation des enfants handicapés Revue / Journal Title Pour ISSN 0245-9442 Source / Source 2007, no195, pp. 30-36 [7 page(s) (article)] Langue / Language Français Editeur / Publisher Revue POUR - Groupe de recherche pour l'éducation et la prospective, Paris, FRANCE --Michel Courtault (d) 15 décembre 2009 à 17:38 (CET)--Michel Courtault (d) 15 décembre 2009 à 17:38 (CET) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.194.252.166 (talk) 14:51, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
I've re-brought-up the idea of merging this article with mainstreaming in education, but I already have a feeling I'm gonna encounter some resistance. According to what archives I've been able to come across here, there's a specific quote on the matter:
The trouble, of course, is that while many have said that educational mainstreaming and educational inclusion are two "totally different" concepts, their respective articles seem to demonstrate that they are substantially similar apart from the wording they use to describe themselves. Yes, it's true that "mainstreaming" is based perhaps more than a little bit in pity on the part of school administrators towards the disabled individuals they are trying to "mainstream" and thus it's more medical-modelish than it should be — whereas "inclusive education" might regard itself as the more "empowered" variety and might associate itself more closely with things like disability-rights inclusion politics. But even if that's all the case, it still leaves out what the actual encyclopedic definitions of "educational inclusion" and "educational mainstreaming" boil down to in their strictest senses. And in their strictest senses, these "two" schools seem frighteningly alike. And worthy of a merge. Kikodawgzzz (talk) 23:06, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
Le gouvernement français se trouve, concernant le handicap, devant une situation particulière qui n'est pas du tout désespérée, mais qui nécessite « du punch ». Nous allons montrer quelques points développant cette remarque d'actualité en décrivant le contexte international puis national de la scolarisation des enfants handicapés. Voir l'article de COURTAULT Michel : Note sur la scolarisation des enfants handicapés Revue / Journal Title Pour ISSN 0245-9442 Source / Source 2007, no195, pp. 30-36 [7 page(s) (article)] Langue / Language Français Editeur / Publisher Revue POUR - Groupe de recherche pour l'éducation et la prospective, Paris, FRANCE --Michel Courtault (d) 15 décembre 2009 à 17:34 (CET)--90.53.167.82 (talk) 17:50, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
I did edit the link to match that on the general Autism article. As a reminder, revert is not the default action. Improve what you can, revert only when necessary. I am happy for better or more references to be added, but it seems to me that more is trivia, while better is unknown to me at least. see talk @ "Autism" for further details. The reference is to the book on the topic. The link to the website about author's credentials. Perhaps the reason this page lacks references is because when people add something with appropriate references and links they are removed as spam?Reibwo (talk) 22:55, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
((cite book |author=Simpson, Richard L.; Sonja R. de Boer |title=Successful inclusion for students with autism: creating a complete, effective ASD inclusion program |publisher=Jossey-Bass |location=San Francisco |year=2009 |pages=38-42 |isbn=0-470-23080-0 ))
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)I think that we need to sort out our definitions again. At least in the US, "fully mainstreamed" is an oxymoron. By federal rules, a student must spend more than 50%, but less than 100%, of his time outside the general education classroom to be classified as mainstreamed -- and under federal rules, there's only the one definition. Under scholarly definitions, the issue of intent is added, but these definitions still require that the student be removed from the general education classroom for at least a small amount of time. Anyone who is never removed from the general education classroom is always called "included" (or "integrated", in some countries).
IMO there's no point in doing any further work here, until we can get these definitions sorted, so please show me sources that say, for example, that a student in a wheelchair with no cognitive differences, no need for special services, and no time outside the classroom is called "fully included" if the teacher has one attitude, but "fully mainstreamed" if the teacher has another attitude. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:23, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
The definition of inclusion says, "the practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes for all or nearly all of the day instead of in special education classes". [2] That is correct. And mainstreaming is, "the practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes during specific time periods based on their skills". [3] This means that kids with special needs are in regular classes whenever possible. So it is correct. Phoebe4545 (talk) 19:07, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
That being said, I think we should follow the federal rules, rather than scholarly definitions that tend to have a political agenda. It's not fair as full inclusion has never been studied extensively and when we use the scholarly definitions it appears that they attack full inclusion without much study into it. Phoebe4545 (talk) 19:09, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
The only problem is most people agree that children with disabilities do not have a right to be in a regular classroom. And to use this reason by attacking inclusion is not right either. We should follow federal rules and the definitions that I provided. Phoebe4545 (talk) 19:39, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
Full inclusion is not to the extreme. According to all the sources, it never says that. Perhaps the supporters of mainstreaming believe that. But the purpose of this article is to keep it neutral on both sides. One student being included is not full inclusion; it's about integrating all kids as shown in the lead paragraph along with the source. Phoebe4545 (talk) 20:18, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
What's the protocol for addressing invalid criticisms? I can see they can help balance wiki articles, but I consider many of the points listed here to be wrong. MANY of the points in this article are wrong and outdated. This is a terribly one sided definition of full inclusion! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kristinsmith79 (talk • contribs) 20:09, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
Have to agree. Terrible piece, not worthy of inclusion (no pun intended) on wikipedia or anywhere else. criticisms could start with the limiting of inclusion to disability / special needs and proceed from there... FWIW — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.165.189.194 (talk) 12:55, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
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Building on the points made in the "Intro" section above, does this article make proper distinction between inclusion of students with varying levels of ability and the inclusion of (potential) students regardless of historical, ethnic, or socioeconomic background, etc? A lot of school authorities and authorities on them don't. Some states in the US refer to students needing additional support as well as gifted students as "exceptional", and accordingly classify gifted education as part of special education. Tyrekecorrea (talk) 18:16, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
As long as this article is focused on the inclusion of students in the United States in general education, as a compliment to a comment I made on the tall page for Inclusive Classroom, this article doesn't differentiate between special education students who are placed in the general education classroom because of their ability to follow the general education curriculum without modification and those who are placed in general education classrooms despite their inability to do so, with the support of a special education teacher's presence making it easier to accommodate them. Furthermore, it's not made clear that some schools and school systems utilize co-teaching and some don't, nor is their discussion about variation in the span of the special education served using said method. Tyrekecorrea (talk) 21:09, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Doesn't it bother anyone else that this article exists along with an article on inclusion in the context of disability at level with the latter instead of being treated as a subclass of the former? Disability in the context of education is a component of life with disability as a whole, so logically, the concept of inclusion and education should be index under the umbrella of inclusion in the context of disability. An illogical exclusion on the subject of inclusion... It just bugs me. Tyrekecorrea (talk) 01:33, 31 August 2022 (UTC)