Instructional Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms

Since Public law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, was passed in 1975 and then reauthorized and renamed The Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA) in 1990, more and more children with ôspecial needsö are being placed in inclusive classrooms. Teachers are increasingly confronted with the challenge of providing instruction to a diverse study population, which can encompass children with one or more of a variety of ôspecial needsö ranging from giftedness to physical disabilities to learning disabilities to behavioral disorders that may or may not have been diagnosed (Snyder, 1999). As a result, teachers must develop and deploy innovative teaching strategies to ensure that all students will receive an appropriate education and sufficient opportunity to maximize their learning and academic potential (Snyder, 1999).

Of the majority of students with special needs, the majority now has their educational needs satisfied in the general education

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