Personal Viewpoint Education for children with disabilities: The rationale for inclusion

Abstract

There are good arguments to encourage inclusive education for children with disabilities. In advising parents, doctors should focus on how rather than where the child with a disability should be educated.

Health-Related Quality of Life in Children Attending Special and Typical Education Greek Schools

“…Our results confirm these findings as parent-proxy ratings of HRQOL emphasise the need for greater allocation of resources for health and education services for children with disabilities in Greece. From an educational perspective, the benefits of moving from segregated to inclusive education have been extensively discussed (Graves & Tracy, 1998;Lindsay, 2007;Sentenac et al, 2013). Inclusive education policies aim to broaden existing curricula, to improve cognitive development, and to improve positive attitudes of students toward students with disabilities based on the experience of having disabled students in their classrooms (Avramidis, Bayliss, & Burden, 2000;Graves & Tracy, 1998;Lindsay, 2007;Zoniou Sideri & Vlachou, 2006).…”

“…From an educational perspective, the benefits of moving from segregated to inclusive education have been extensively discussed (Graves & Tracy, 1998;Lindsay, 2007;Sentenac et al, 2013). Inclusive education policies aim to broaden existing curricula, to improve cognitive development, and to improve positive attitudes of students toward students with disabilities based on the experience of having disabled students in their classrooms (Avramidis, Bayliss, & Burden, 2000;Graves & Tracy, 1998;Lindsay, 2007;Zoniou Sideri & Vlachou, 2006). Therefore, additional policies are necessary to overcome barriers to an inclusive school environment for children with disabilities such as better access to schools, increase of assistance and social support at Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 06:30 15 June 2016 school (Sentenac et al, 2013) as well as improvement of social acceptance from peers (Sentenac et al, 2012).…”

Educación inclusiva = Inclusive education

“…Las aulas inclusivas tienden a facilitar la formación de redes naturales de apoyo entre compañeros, grupos de colaboración entre el profesorado, grupos inter-profesionales, círculos de amigos, enseñanza en equipo y otras formas de relaciones entre todos los miembros que constituyen la comunidad educativa. Existen múltiples razones (éticas, sociológicas y legales) a favor del sistema de educación inclusiva manifestándose más importante el cómo el niño es educado que dónde sea educado (Graves y Tracy, 1998).…”

"Inclusão/exclusão social e escolar de crianças com paralisia cerebral, sob a óptica dos profissionais de saúde"

“…Enquanto que, antigamente, tinha-se uma visão de que algumas crianças não poderiam ser educadas, agora é aceito que todas podem aprender (GRAVES;TRACY, 1998). Essa constatação de que CNEs podem ser educadas, produziu nas vidas delas próprias e da comunidade o surgimento de novas práticas discursivas, ainda bastante polêmicas e com dificuldades de implantação.…”

“…Ainda, a presença de deficiências associadas limita a perspectiva da inclusão escolar. Isso parece justificado pelas expectativas traçadas com relação a cada criança, expectativas estas baseadas não só nas características pessoais, mas também nos valores e crenças de cada família e na cultura da escola (HANSON et al, 1998;PALMER et al, 1998 , 1998;GRAVES;TRACY, 1998;YAZLLE, 2001). …”