Who are the students involved in education which is inclusive?
Students with moderate and severe disabilities with whom education which is inclusive started are often-times referred to as “inclusion students” in the “inclusion classroom.” While the IDEA requires districts to label students in order to receive funds, we are increasingly seeing school districts restructuring to, on a yearly basis, look at the needs of the entire student population. Increasingly, districts are moving away from referring to the “inclusion program” and the “inclusion students.” We are also seeing groups of teachers taking responsibility for groups of students with all learning styles and labels at a particular grade-level. Special education teachers are represented on each of these grade level teams.
