Teaching a class of children with diverse needs

: You’re asking great questions and I could write volumes here. Your defintion of inclusion is correct and your understanding that this poses tremendous challenges is also correct.The main challenge is having a classroom that “works” for all your children. In my opinion, inclusion classrooms often don’t “work”. A teacher cannot be in several places at the same time and with inclusion you need to be. You need to be teaching the same curriculum in different ways at different paces all at the same time.Inclusion classrooms to me are often “smoke and mirrors”. The established goals cannot be achieved but a great deal of energy is directed at parents to get them to believe the goals are being accomplished.we are talking about “Inclusion”, it usually means
: children with learning disabilities being merged with the normal
: schools to achieve common goals. ( that is my first impression ): My question is how does the normal school achieve the teaching goals
: with such diversity of students? In order words, to be more
: specific and fundamental, what are the main challenges for a
: teacher to teach a class of children with diverse needs in a
: normal school?: Would like to know what are the Aims of teaching a class of children
: with diverse needs?; what should be the most appropriate ways /
: methods in teaching such class?; and what challenges /
: difficulties would a teacher encounter?: Seeking your inputs and comments

My child is Dyslexic, in Inclusion. I consider her a normal child. She has a twin sister (what you call normal) The only difference between the two is that one of my girls has Dyslexia and is in some Inclusions classes because she needs help. In these so called Normal classes, as you call them ,is every child the same?????????????? Should we call the child who is average or above average but is on drugs and having sex at a younge age Normal? Or should we call him screwed up. Should we call the child who is much shorter or taller the the average Normal ? Or should we call them out of place? Should we call the child who wears glasses Normal? Or should we call him Four eyes? Should we call the child who is has no place to live Normal? Or should we call him homeless? Should we call my child who is Dyslexic Normal? Or should we call her a Retard? Should you call me Normal? Or should you say im a bad Mother because I can’t spell well? Let’s just create a class for every personality and life sytle. We can give each class a title. And I will tell you that my child would still fit into the Normal class, as she is normal. Children who are LD are as Normal as they come. The common sense that these children have is probley greater than most adults. If prople would just open their eyes and stop trying to make LD kids sound like they should all be on one planet together so they wont currupt what you call the normal class of prople.

: You’re asking great questions and I could write volumes here. Your defintion of inclusion is correct and your understanding that this poses tremendous challenges is also correct.The main challenge is having a classroom that “works” for all your children. In my opinion, inclusion classrooms often don’t “work”. A teacher cannot be in several places at the same time and with inclusion you need to be. You need to be teaching the same curriculum in different ways at different paces all at the same time.Inclusion classrooms to me are often “smoke and mirrors”. The established goals cannot be achieved but a great deal of energy is directed at parents to get them to believe the goals are being accomplished.we are talking about “Inclusion”, it usually means
: children with learning disabilities being merged with the normal
: schools to achieve common goals. ( that is my first impression ): My question is how does the normal school achieve the teaching goals
: with such diversity of students? In order words, to be more
: specific and fundamental, what are the main challenges for a
: teacher to teach a class of children with diverse needs in a
: normal school?: Would like to know what are the Aims of teaching a class of children
: with diverse needs?; what should be the most appropriate ways /
: methods in teaching such class?; and what challenges /
: difficulties would a teacher encounter?: Seeking your inputs and comments

My child is Dyslexic, in Inclusion. I consider her a normal child. She has a twin sister (what you call normal) The only difference between the two is that one of my girls has Dyslexia and is in some Inclusions classes because she needs help. In these so called Normal classes, as you call them ,is every child the same?????????????? Should we call the child who is average or above average but is on drugs and having sex at a younge age Normal? Or should we call him screwed up. Should we call the child who is much shorter or taller the the average Normal ? Or should we call them out of place? Should we call the child who wears glasses Normal? Or should we call him Four eyes? Should we call the child who is has no place to live Normal? Or should we call him homeless? Should we call my child who is Dyslexic Normal? Or should we call her a Retard? Should you call me Normal? Or should you say im a bad Mother because I can’t spell well? Let’s just create a class for every personality and life sytle. We can give each class a title. And I will tell you that my child would still fit into the Normal class, as she is normal. Children who are LD are as Normal as they come. The common sense that these children have is probley greater than most adults. If prople would just open their eyes and stop trying to make LD kids sound like they should all be on one planet together so they wont currupt what you call the normal class of prople.