PSY345H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Individualized Education Program, Toronto District School Board, Family Values
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Mainstreaming: placing students with disability in general education classes without providing any additional support, basic human right: everyone has the right to what is available. The least restrictive environment (lre: children with exceptionality are entitled to receive free education. Hence multiple levels based on severity of disability: rule of thumb: the more severe the disability, the more restrictive the environment (in general, transparency 10: consideration for individualized determination of lre (slide 12) Location of services, instructional considerations, intensity of services, individual and family values, duration of services, types of personnel. In both cases, it entails the physical placement. Mainstreaming is sink or swim, while education integration will help (provide support services) you like the rest of us. They are related to the least restrictive environment as well as to each other: education integration has been a failure thus far in the united states. Segregation still exists based on race, ses, and disability. More pronounced in high schools versus university setting.
