http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/11/04/idea-recommendations/6044/ Developmental Disability News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:13:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/11/04/idea-recommendations/6044/comment-page-1/#comment-788 rtrml Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:44:07 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=6044#comment-788 Also needed in IDEA are provisions for mainstreaming, inclusion, and combined general ed. and special ed. co-teaching/collaboration opportunities in order for special ed. students to have maximum access to standards based instruction. Refer to the Nov. 4, 09 Hawk Eye article: "Education professor advocates for inclusion and co-teaching" Marilyn Friend, an education professor at the University of North Carolina, told a group of educators and parents in Iowa that she believes students with special needs perform better in school when they remain in classrooms with students without special needs. Friend advocates a co-teaching model and recommends schools limit the number of students with special needs in each inclusion classroom to a range of one-fifth to one-third of students. Also needed in IDEA are provisions for mainstreaming, inclusion, and combined general ed. and special ed. co-teaching/collaboration opportunities in order for special ed. students to have maximum access to standards based instruction. Refer to the Nov. 4, 09 Hawk Eye article:
“Education professor advocates for inclusion and co-teaching”
Marilyn Friend, an education professor at the University of North Carolina, told a group of educators and parents in Iowa that she believes students with special needs perform better in school when they remain in classrooms with students without special needs. Friend advocates a co-teaching model and recommends schools limit the number of students with special needs in each inclusion classroom to a range of one-fifth to one-third of students.

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