Child Psych

Category - Diversity

What does the educational practice called Mainstreaming entail?
  1. Keeping special needs children not only in regular schools, but regular classrooms.
  2. Keeping special needs children in regular schools, but putting them together with non-special needs children just in the main homeroom class.
  3. Placing special needs children in special classes in special schools, but with the plan to transfer the higher functioning special needs children to special classes in regular schools.
  4. Placing special needs children in special classes in regular schools with the plan to integrate the higher functioning special needs children into regular classes.
Explanation
Answer: A - Mainstreaming is the practice of placing special needs children not only in regular schools, but in regular classes. While this approach won’t work with all special needs children, the idea behind mainstreaming is that unless it is absolutely necessary, it is better for the development of children who need special education not to separate them from other children. Keeping them together in the same classroom with other children fosters their healthy social development, while, for the children who do not have a disability, it is an opportunity to learn tolerance for those with intellectual, physical, or emotional limitations.
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