Informative+Research+Product

** Informative Research Product Organizer **
 * ** Research Topic: **
 * Integrating Special **** Education into the Community ** ||

Integrating Special Needs students into the community is important for many different reasons. Studies have shown that integrating special needs individuals into their communitites helps not only the individual but the community as well. Did you ever go to the movies and hear someone laughing at the wrong things? Did you soon realize that there was a special needs individual in the theatre and then understand why their reactions might be a little off? This is why special needs individuals need to be integrated into the community; so that it becomes an everyday thing that is tolerated and understood. [|www.weac.org/Issues_Advocacy/Resource_Pages_On_Issues_one/Special_Education/special_education_inclusion.aspx] || [|www.parentguidenews,com/Catalog/SpecialNeeds/InclusiveEducation] ||
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 * ** Essential Background Information for Introduction: ** ||
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 * ** Topic 1: School Systems ** ||
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence/Quotes: ** Inclusion remains a controversial concept in education because it relates to educational and social values, as well as to our sense of individual worth" [|www.weac.org/Issues_Advocacy/Resource_Pages_On_Issues_one/Special_Education/special_education_inclusion.aspx] ||
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence/Quotes ** :"Generally mainstreaming has been used to refer to the selective placement of Special Education students in one or more "regular" education classes"
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence /Quotes" ** :Each law requires that special needs students be be educated with typical students in regular education settiwhich is an area where I find our studentsdont get nearly enough inputngs to the maximum extent appropriate"

[|www.naset.org/2219.0html] || [|www.kidcompanions.com/archives/4708] || [|www.myspecialneedsclassroom.com/2011/06/29/obstacle-courses-in-the-classroom-sensory-processing-and=academic-skills-integrated-activity/] ||
 * ** Topic 2: Physical Activities ** ||
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence/Quotes ** :"Occupational therapy is skilled treatment that helps individuals achieve independence in all facets of their lives. It gives people the "skills for the job of living" necessary for independent and satisfying lives"
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence/Quotes: " ** All individuals benefit from regular, physical activity and special needs children especially"
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence /Quotes: ** "gross motor activities offer an opportunity for sensory processing, in particular heavy work, which is an area where I find our students don't get nearly enough input"

[|www.coultervideo.com/articles/12/helping-students-asperger-syndrome-prepare-workplace] || [|www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/entrepeneurship.html] || [|www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/entrepeneurship.html] ||
 * ** Topic 3: Workplace ** ||
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence/Quotes:" ** Students with special needs can learn how to work effectively and can succeed in the workplace"
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence/Quotes: ** Work experiences for youth with disabilities during high school, both paid and unpaid, help them acquire jobs at higher wages after they graduate"
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence /Quotes: ** "students who participate in occupational education and special education in integrated settings are more likely to be competitively employed than students who have not participated in such activities"

[|www.ncmsa.net/ressum14.html] || [|www.ascd.org/publications/curriculum_handbook/413/chapters/Instructin_Students_With_High_Incidence_Disabilities_In_The_Regular_Education_Classroom/] || [|www.ascd.org/publications/curriculum_handbook/413/chapters/Instructing_Students_With_High_Incidence_Disabilities_In_The_Regular_Education_Classroom/] ||
 * ** Topic 4 : Reaction of Others ** ||
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence/Quotes:" ** Inclusion can be deeply disturbing because it challengesour unexamined notions of what "ordinary and normal" really mean"
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence/Quotes: ** "some of the reaction to inclusion comes from lack of information
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence /Quotes: ** "discussion about responsible inclusion is important in order to dispel some of the inaccuracies and myths about educating all students in one setting"

[|www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5000289065] || [] || [|www.naset.org/782.0.html] ||
 * ** Topic 5: Predictions for the Future ** ||
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence/Quotes: ** "though some experts advocate for a fully inclusive, unified education system for all students, including those with disabilities, others argue for preserving a dual system of special and general education to provide special services for "those who need it" "
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence/Quotes: ** "as general education classrooms include more and more diverse students, teachers realize the value of accepting each student as unique"
 * ** Explanation ** || ** Evidence /Quotes: ** "inclusion has been proven to be a valuable and favorable approach for meeting those goals for both students with disabilities, and also their regular education peers"