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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think you understand what inclusion is. [/quote]

As I've read this thread, this has been my impression as well--that some posters are using the incorrect terminology, which is confusing the discussion. A previous poster said that every DCPS school is an inclusion school, which is mostly correct. Inclusion is when kids stay in a general ed classroom for most or all of the day, and receive services either in the classroom with the special ed teacher pushing in, or in pull-out groups. Either way, they are with their peers in a general education classroom. Every DCPS school has at least some kids who receive services this way.

Self-contained classrooms (which I assume are what many people are talking about, but I don't know much about Oyster, so I'm not entirely sure) are for kids who can't make progress in an inclusion model. They're usually for kids with more severe disabilities. They are smaller (usually between 5-10 students) and tend to have more adults in the room. While it's not unheard of for some students in these classes to spend some time in a general ed classroom (this happens at my school) most of them spend their entire day in this class. These classrooms are not located in every DCPS school, and placement in them is usually through the Office of Special Ed, I believe.

I have no dog in this fight, as I have absolutely nothing to do with Oyster-Adams, but in reading over the thread it seemed like vocabulary was tripping up the discussion.[/quote]

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