Unlike my requirement in Maine almost twenty years ago, to this day, New Jersey does not require
its pre-service general education teachers to take even one credit of coursework specifically aimed at learning to teach students with special needs in general education classrooms, which I believe at least partly explains New Jersey's problematic record on implementing the least restrictive environment provisions of IDEA.
While a sizable proportion of
teachers reported receiving
pre-service training, this is usually
general and does not often include dedicated sexuality
education modules, since sexuality
education is not a stand - alone subject.