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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The principals and school systems claim it’s the law to allow everyone in the least restrictive environment. So until parents sue to change the law nothing will change. [/quote]

This is what is BS, though.  For many students with severe special needs, especially emotional disabilities, the mainstream classroom is a WAY more restrictive environment than a self-contained classroom.  With all of the overstimulation, with 28 other kids in the room (all potentially setting him off) a mainstream
Placement actively restricts many kids from learning.

It's entirely inappropriate and MORE restrictive.  I don't understand how LRE is defined always to mean "in Gen Ed".[/quote]

That's not what "restrictive" means in LRE. But it's obviously not going to be an appropriate environment for some students.

And the pressure to keep kids in gen ed classrooms mostly comes from budget constraints and a lack of staff/facilities for all of the kids that would benefit from placement in a special program. But also keep in mind some kids would be successful in general education setting if the special education services and supports were brought to th
there. While generally cheaper than placement in a special program, schools often don't want to do that, either.[/quote]

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