Special Education
Part of a continuum of supports educators intensify and fade in response to student need.
Barriers
In doing this work, it's important to remember that barriers can be environmental, attitudinal, or systemic, and not necessarily a result of disability.
Unified Education
By fostering robust collaboration among educators, specialists, and support staff, schools can establish a unified framework that caters to the diverse needs of every learner. This eliminates ineffective parallel systems. While initially appearing more demanding, it's not. It is a strategic investment in educators and students.
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Athena's got your back on this. Integrated special education (or inclusive education) goes beyond both the medical model of disability where students are seen as lacking something that needs to be fixed and the social model of disability which looks at environmental barriers. ​​Instead, it's time to embrace the social ecological model, which considers how an individual and their environment interact.
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This is true inclusion. Excellence for all students.
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Let's explore how to achieve this.
