It made sense that exposing students with disabilities to the essential curriculum and to peers without special needs would offer excellent role models and higher performance on class, county and state assessments.
Our special education subgroup is improving and closing the learning gap when compared with the non-special education student population. Students who previously performed significantly below grade level are now reading and working at or just below grade level. However, we still have a performance gap that becomes more difficult as students enter middle and high school. We have cases of previously nonverbal children who can now express themselves orally and through writing. Students who did not smile or show emotions now brighten up each day when they enter the classroom and see their friends.
Regular education students welcome special needs students as their classmates and as their friends. Our children are experiencing learning in a diverse setting that is free of discrimination. While we knew it would improve the lives of special needs children, the change has been truly inspiring. The only thing he would do is repeat what others said to him, and he had a very limited sight vocabulary. Now he responds to greetings from others and has significantly increased the number of sight words he recognizes.
With proper accommodations, he is being exposed to the grade-level curricula and materials. The other stu-dents respond to him well and look after him. Exposure to proper behavior of same-age peers has had a tremendous positive impact on Jared. Find Your Program Transformative Education. Read more about Temple alumnae Erinn Corbett-Wright.
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