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In my first Intro to Special Ed class, we watched a VCR tape about a student with Down
Syndrome who was forced into full inclusion. He was lonely, isolated, and didn't
understand what was happening around him - except that he was not happy at school.
(I don't recall the name of it, but I'll try to find it.)
Full inclusion does not meet the needs of all students. They need the continuum of
available placements.
Kathy B. Ewoldt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Special Education
The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Dr. Lopez from University of Minho in Portugal shared this one he just published- so
thought to send along- in this case- Portugal terminated special education and replaced it
with Full Inclusion- Over the last 40 or so years they have moved from enacting special
education to partial inclusion to “full” inclusion- “all mean all”, “all the time,” for
“all disability groups” phasing out most of the special education services or reallocating
them- and so many of us are following the developments to see how it turns out- as that
is the move here in the US as well- it is not the inclusion part- it is the “Full” part
that has so many people worried- we are in an age of extremes, even in special education.
MDB
Mack D. Burke, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Psychology
Applied Behavior Analysis and Special Education Programs
Behavioral Education & Assessment Research (BEAR Lab)
School of Education, Baylor University
