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Supreme Green
SPE-330
December 17,2014
Elizabeth Bird
Special Education Foundations and Framework
Being a teacher is a profession that requires dedication , commitment and collaboration to
helping all students develop, learn and achieve their education and life goals. Based on what I have
learned in my practicum experiences in the self -contained and inclusion classroom environment is that
every students can be successful when educators collaborate with other teachers, parents and the
community in which they teach our students. To make sure this occurs across the global and extends to
students that are with and without disabilities the IDEA(Individual with disabilities education act)
requires that all schools K-12 grade provide the most effective learning environment to services the
needs of all students within each school.( Council for Exceptional Children,2014 ). To meet the
require standards of the IDEA educators must strive to make valuable decisions to place students in a
safe and appropriate learning environment that tailors to the unique skills and abilities. These
environments will help the students to grow, develop and achieve educational and individual goals
beyond what most people expect from students with disabilities. In making such decisions of students
placement educator should collaborate with other related educational providers and place students basis
on their individual needs, abilities and the required supportive services needed. The decision in
placement is very crucial to students, so that each will receive the most appropriate education.
In school today, there is a few different options that a student with disabilities can be place to
receive their learning. These options are specifically targeted to the special abilities or the lack of
abilities that each student posses when they enter the school. All setting allow students to be equipped
with the relevant help needed to learn. The teacher also can act as an advocate in the community to
help connect families to related services that will help support their child's learning process. With the
right placement and teacher advocating for their students, they can strategically implement assistive
technology devices and give families the correct supportive services to aid in the learning abilities of
disable and non- disable students. One may be ask how do we place our students in the most
appropriate setting. Collaboration amongst all stakeholders in education is the essential key to
assessing the types of environment that is considered the best for students. For it is the educational
environment that affects the teaching and learning of students, this is why classroom must be designed
to support students individual needs.
There are basically three different structure of classroom environments that are utilized in the K-
12 educational format. These environments are the self-contained, inclusion and resource program.
Each of these environments can be used to help students excel in their learning. The first, structure
environment is the inclusion classroom. This class allows students with disabilities to be include in the
general education classroom and receive supportive structure from the special education teacher. In this
