ERIC Number: EJ1210210
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-2474-4166
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Special Education and Enlightened Reform
Neuville, Thomas
Excellence in Education Journal, v6 n1 p5-23 Win 2017
The author of this opinion piece provides what he believes to be a definition of the present special education system at it's worst. Special education is described as a team of professionals gathered to plan for the individual. They assess, interpret, break down deficiencies into categories and divide those deficiencies to distribute among a variety of therapies and programs. The process has many names: Individualized Education Plan, Individualized Program Plan, or Personal Future Plan. The name changes, the process evolves, but the unconsciousness remains. The author states that the result, even if unintentional, is to break a whole child into perceived parts and cause the child to become known as those labeled imperfect fragments. The effect on the professional as an acquired assignment, is discussed which is often seen to be unsolvable and as a result harmful to both the professional and the student.
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Change, Intervention, Value Judgment, Stereotypes, Social Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Institutionalized Persons, Therapy, Punishment, Student Evaluation, Student Characteristics, Individual Needs, Student Empowerment, Equal Education, Educational Methods, Disabilities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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