"Inclusion Education versus Special Education

Education lead us into the world that full of knowledge in changing it into a better world. It develops our skills and helps us building opinions on the things happens in our lives. According to the Special education professional Gretchen Walsh M.S.Ed., "Inclusion is important because through our diversity we certainly add to our creativity. If you don't have a diverse classroom or a diverse world, you don't have the same creative levels and I think our strength lies in our diversity."

     In raising a child with a special needs it is important to know of what education path they should take. This decision is very crucial and personal for parents to made. The challenge for parents who struggle with these are the questions that made in the back of their mind. If their child would learn better from a specially trained instructor who specialize in special needs education or if it's okay to keep their child integrate with other students who do not special needs.

     Special needs classrooms have safe environment specifically created to help children calm down during their higher energy moments. However, some parents believe that it is harmful to the special child to place them in their own separate learning environment. it is because, it feels like segregation rather than equal education. As an alternative, inclusive learning environment are growing in popularity. In an inclusive learning  environment, child who have special needs will be placed in a classroom with a variety of students (with or without special needs). Depending on your child's needs, they may be able to improve in inclusive environment especially if they have the assistance. And of course, inclusive learning environments always have trained special education teachers available in addition to a traditional regular education teacher.