Paper Topic:

The Trend to Amend Teacher Certification Requisite to Include Special Education Requirements

Running head : TRENDS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

Trends in Special Education

Trends in Special Education

More and more students with disabilities are being educated in the general education classroom creating a need for changes in the forms of educational training and certification requirements . Government policy within the last 10 years , along with teacher shortages , has helped to challenge members of the education community to develop answers to the question of how best to educate the disabled

An historical examination of special education teacher preparation provides a vocation that began in residential

settings . But over the years , perspectives on how best to teach the disabled has resulted in changes in special education programs and structure (Brownell , Sindelar Danielson , 2010 . Today , the disabled child is most often mainstreamed into the general education classroom and is expected to perform satisfactorily . This expectation occurs in an atmosphere full of rigorous standards in the academic arena , assessments , teacher accountability and special education teacher shortages . These requirements make the special education administrators and teachers consider what changes must be made to enable best practice in the classroom (Brownell , 2010

Originally , teacher preparation for special education grew out of specialized clinical study within a residential facility . Slowly special education teachers moved out of the residential scene and into teaching colleges . During the last half of the 20th century laws were enacted that were designed to build high quality education for the disabled . This resulted in the growth of special education classes within our colleges and universities . The early...

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