Experience has shown that separate services or separation from the regular program tends to encourage unfair labels and unfair treatment. LRE must be determined on an individual child's basis rather than a group of children. IDEA provides that each public agency shall take steps to insure that individuals with disabilities have available to them, a variety of education programs and services that are available to the nondisabled including Art, Music, Industrial Arts, Consumer and Homemaking Education and Vocational services. It is the responsibility of the IEP-Team to determine the necessary modifications and develop an individual plan that can be carried out in the regular program by the regular classroom teacher. Teachers should make a special effort to learn about their students and their special needs.
Some students learn best through visual methods while others learn best through auditory methods.
Students with fine motor skill difficulty should not be penalized because of poor writing. They do however have a right to request that special materials, equipment, aides or consultation be provided to assist them in accomodating a student with a disability within their classroom. The group should meet to review what interventions have been tried and perhaps suggest other methods of intervention in response to the student's problem. Refrain from and discourage others from discussing children in public. Avoid telling a parent that you do not have the money to provide a program or service.