I dont agree with the law 15 students per teacher

When I had the opportunity to go and student teach I learned Illinois allows fifteen students to be supervised by one teacher. I believe his is insane. When I was teacher there was three teachers if I count myself and only nine students. I do not think I would have been able to teach just the nine by myself let alone 15 like the state allows.

When you have children with special needs in your classroom their needs are not all the same. Also if you are in a classroom with special needs students and students without special needs they are ALL learning at different level.

If you have an activity easy so the lower learning kids are able to follow alone the faster learning kids may be bored and cause problems. Same as if you have an activity to hard for the lower learning kids they may become frustrated and cause problems.

With more then one teacher you can break the students into smaller groups to help the children more efficiently!

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Create a positive enviorment

It is very important for student to have a safe and effective learning environment. If you have students with walking disability you may need to have ramp access or electric doors for students to easily get around like the other students. You want them to feel the same as all the other students. If they are having difficulty getting around the classroom they may become frustrated or not be as connected to the other students.

If you have students with anger problems you may need an area designed for the safety of them and your other students for example a spot in the room with items that are unable to be thrown or moved to hurt themselves or others. This area should also be somewhere it will not distract the rest of the students learning but, be able for the angered student to leave if wanted and still be supervised.

Students with disabilities should be treated the same as students without. If you make their disability standout they will feel left out and different. Students do not usually want to be the odd one in the class. So the easier it is for them to be like everyone else the more positive and accepting they will be toward you as a teacher and the other students.

It is good to discuss disabilities so the other students know what is going on but, don't make the student feel different. Do not point them out directly unless they are the ones to mention something about themselves. Make them feel as comfortable and normal as all the other students.

Including special education children with non disabled children

As a teacher it is important to include and treat each student the same as the others.
The technical term for this is LRE. LRE means Least Restrictive Environment. This says that child with disabilities need to be included with students without disabilities to the greatest extent.

Unless the student is unable to learn with others or they are a threat to themselves of the other students they should be with their peers. This helps the child become trusting of others and not feel left out. Also for the other students it is a learning process. They can ask questions and feel comfortable with one another.

This also can help teachers. If you have students with disabilities and others without you can learn from both. You can see how different disabilities affect the child and others without the disabilities.

We are all human so let all live and communicate with each other!!! :)