In balancing progress goals for students with an IEP, districts are mindful of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) strong preference for placing the child in the lease restrictive environment, that is in
a mainstream classroom environment.
When applying for the position, please take time in your cover letter to reference your knowledge and / or experience with providing supports to student with disabilities in
a mainstream classroom environment.
Not exact matches
Virtual
classrooms and online learning platforms offer a safe space outside of the
mainstream environment to access the curriculum at the student's own time and pace, for example lesson times can be adjusted so the child can attend when they feel the most energised and able to learn.
Mainstreaming basically says, «We won't change the regular
classroom, the curriculum, the teaching, or pay much attention to the social
environment, but if you can succeed here, you are allowed to stay.»
Once these products become more
mainstream, we'll see them in use not only in the
classroom, but also in corporate learning and training
environments.
Whatever the disability, the law mandates that a disabled student be educated in the «least restrictive
environment,» a phrase that implies differential treatment depending on the disability, but increasingly has come to mean the «
mainstreaming» in standard
classrooms of all but those with the most severe disabilities.
Besides, the goal of
mainstreaming IEP students is for them to experience a more diverse
classroom environment.
He finds that African American students are much more likely to be identified for special education, to be diagnosed with Emotional Disorders (ED), to be removed from
mainstream classrooms into more restrictive
environments, and to experience out - of - school suspensions than are White or Asian students.