“Too many times I have seen it rushed because the child is yadda yadda age, yadda yadda at the end of this treatment...
its not fair to that child or anyone else.”
Well that must be your experience. Mostly the students I’ve seen in the inclusion program have worked out pretty well.
Not every student of course, but there does seem to be a few posters here that want to hold up the exceptions rather than the rule as an example of why inclusion is a bad idea, and some of the posters here are just blowing steam, having neither experience or knowledge.
it has to be workable for everyone....not just one...not just two...but everyone that will be involved.
And there are viable solutions. Egos of the adults have to stay out of the way.
Inclusion for the most part has worked well in our schools. For some of the kids it is only a class or two others more. However, I will tell you this, our particular area has tons of money and the schools are very small. Two of the people I know, both married to Drs, have full time help with their kids. They are specialists that work with the kids from the minute they wakeup until they go to bed. One of the moms has 4 kids, 3 boys and a girl. Two of the boys are autistic, one is high functioning but the other is profound. Each goes to a different public school in the area because of the varying programs. My niece who lives in NY, is 4. She was diagnosed early. From that moment, she has been in school and has teachers come every day, 7 days a week to work with her. Personally, I think there is a lot of waste and nonsense that schools spend money on, I would rather see it go to helping these children adapt and learn.