STRATEGIES FOR INCLUSION OF PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN REGULAR CLASSROOM
Olubukola Christianah Dada
Kwara State University,Malete Nigeria
Email:bukkyyemmi@yahoo.com
Olubukola.dada@kwasu.edu.ng
Persons with special neds are often perceived as burdens and are incapable of being educated. Educational provisions are done in segregated settings as persons with special needs in the past. The current trend in the education of students with special needs is in the least restricted environment which is known as inclusive education. Inclusive education stress that all students with it without special needs must be educated in the same neighboring schools without discrimination as the society is inclusive in nature. For effective inclusion of students with special needs in the regular classroom some issues such accessible to persons with special needs, balancing the needs for integrated and using of local resources and technology have to be addressed. The teacher in the inclusive settings has to adjust and adapt to these unique set of students with special needs. The regular classroom teacher must take more of the symptoms of disabilities and adapt the classroom situation to suit students with special needs to ensure effective teaching and learning in the inclusive classroom setting. Teaching strategies are suggested for the visually impaired, intellectually disabled and the hearing impaired in an inclusive classroom in this paper. If these strategies are utilized it would enhance academic achievements and social communication skills of the students with special needs.
