2. SYNOPSIS
• INTRODUCTION
• EDUCATION OF CHILDREN (CWSN)
• FORMAL SCHOOLS
• SPECIAL SCHOOLS
• NATIONAL OPEN SCHOOLS
• SPECIAL EDUCATION MEANING
• NEED OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
• MAINSTREAMING OF EDUCATION
• TYPES OF MAINSTREAMING
• INTEGRATED EDUCATION
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCE
3. INTRODUCTION
• The term children with special needs is used to describe the children whose needs fall
outside the established normal range. The needs may be global or particular area or
domain.
• Other terms used to describe these children are
• Children with exceptionalities
• Children with challenges
• Children with disabilities
• EDUCATION OF CHILDREN (CWSN)
• All children with special needs must be enrolled in primary schools. After the assessment
of their disability by a term of doctor.
• The children with mild and moderate disabilities of any kind may be integrated in normal
school.
• Open and special schools also offer vocational courses also for children with disabilities.
4. FORMAL SCHOOLS
• The ministry of human resource department has been implementing
a scheme of integrated education for the disabled children in formal
schools since 1982.
• The main objective of IEDC is to provide educational opportunity for
the disabled children in normal schools so as to facilitate their
retention in the school system.
• Children with loco motor handicaps
• Partially sighted children
5. SPECIAL SCHOOLS
• This is a programme of the ministry of social justice and empowerment children
with severe disabilities in coping with regular schools are referred to such special
schools.
• At present there are more than 3000 special schools.
• NATIONAL OPEN SCHOOLS:
• NOS was established as an autonomous registered society in 1989 with the
mission to provide education through an open learning system at school stage as
the alternative to formal education.
• It has developed educational materials for teaching with special needs in their
home.
• It has also provided the programmed of open basic education for universal
elementary education which includes programmes for disabled children.
• It also provides SAIED.
6. SPECIAL EDUCATION MEANING
• Education for special need children
• Specifically designed instruction that meets the unusual needs of
special children. The term special education includes all aspects of
education which are applied to all exceptional children – physically
and mentally disadvantaged and gifted.
• Three elements:
• Trained professional including teachers.
• Special curriculum made for students with different disabilities.
• Infrastructure facilities like building features.
7. • NEED OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
• To fulfill needs of exceptional children for education. To help
exceptional children for self sufficiency.
• To help them for better life.
• To cater their daily needs.
• They need to be educated in order to get acquainted with
surrounding happenings.
• Mainstreaming of education:
• In the context of education is the practice of educating students with
special needs in regular classes during specific time periods based on
their skills. This means regular education classes are combined with
special education classes.
8. • Types of mainstreaming:
• Integrated education
• Inclusive education
• Exclusive education
• It is exclusion of all the students who are not able to fit in the
curriculum or in schools settings for any reason. Not aim of including
all students so very narrow concept.
• Integrated education:
• It is the educational programme in which exceptional children attend
classes with normal children on either a part or full time basis.
• It is placement of the disabled children in ordinary schools with some
specialized educational help and services.
9. Concept:
• The concept of integrated education arises as outcome of national
policy of education. 1986 recommendation to provide equal
opportunity to all not only for access but also for success.
• Integration signifies the process of interaction of disabled children
with normal children in the same educational setting.
• Integration also means mainstreaming or normalization.
Importance:
• It does not create a feeling of differentiation among disabled children.
It helps to remove inferiority complex among disabled children. It
provides peer group help in learning from normal children.
10. Conclusion:
• It ensures social integration. It inculcated affection, love etc. It is less
expensive as special infrastructure is not required. Special learning
material and specially trained teachers are not appointed. Disabled or
challenged students may get help from peers for learning and get
motivated for learning.
References:
• Education of children with special needs by suresh babu.