Students+with+Special+Needs+in+Today's+Classrooms

Alexa Faiella Colleen Reynolds Amanda Pac Stephanie Raphael

 SPECIAL EDUCATION

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Special education plays a big role in today's school systems. Although special education is extremely important, it is not always put first in the classroom. Special education has remained important through the years. Along with the great improvements that have been made, there have also been setbacks. Having special education children in a regular learning environment can be both problematic and beneficial, for not only the special education students but the regular education students as well. One concerning factor is the availability and funding of materials needed for Special Education children. Some schools are not given enough money to provide the necessary materials, such as teacher aids. Another factor some should be concerned about is how special education students interact with other students and vice versa. In order for special education students to receive funding, state's must develop policies that insure free public education to all children with disabilities!

==__//**Research **//____//**Summ **//____//**ary **//__== Our research focuses on special education and its role in american education today. Amanda's background information examines the history of special education and how it has changed throughout the years. Amanda will discuss how special education has improved within school systems. Alexa's research focuses on how disabled students affect the learning of non-disabled children in the classroom whether it be helpful or distractive. Colleen's background information examines how schools obtain funding for teacher aids and other materials that special education students would benefit from. Stephanie's research focuses on how disabled students are treated by non-disabled students and how it affects themselves and how they learn.

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Our goal during this presentation is to inform our fellow classmates about special education in today's school systems. We each will discuss our annotated bibliographies as well as presenting our power point slides and conducting an interactive lesson with the rest of our peers.



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How special education students affect the learning of regular education students - <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em;">Alexa Faiella

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em;">How do schools get funding for teachers aids and other materials for special education students? -Colleen Reynolds

How special education students are treated by regular education students - Stephanie Raphael

History of special education and how it has changed through the years- Amanda Pac

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