special schools
Tailored learning environments
Special schools are educational institutions designed for students with disabilities, learning difficulties, or other needs that mainstream schools cannot adequately address.
They provide specialized instruction, smaller class sizes, and therapeutic services.
The term sometimes carries stigma, as placement in special schools historically meant segregation from peers: The district recommended a special school for children with autism.
Range of neurodevelopmental conditions
- developmental delaysSlower than typical progression
- learning disabilitiesNeurological conditions affecting acquisition
- intellectual disabilitiesLimitations in mental abilities
- deaf educationSchooling for the hearing-impaired
emotional disturbance · multiple disabilities · small class size · vocational training · IEP · paraprofessional · assessment · diagnostic
Including in standard settings
- integrationCombining into a whole
- inclusive educationTeaching all abilities together
- accessibilityEase of approach
- equal opportunityUnbiased chance for all
accommodations · adaptations · coeducation · peer support · social inclusion · participation · resource room · buddy system
Restoring practical life abilities
- speech therapyTreatment for communication disorders
- physical therapyRehabilitative movement-based medical care
- music therapyHealing through musical intervention
- art therapyCreative mental health treatment
hydrotherapy · play therapy · behavioral therapy · counseling · social skills training · life skills · self-regulation · emotional support
autism spectrum
Range of neurodevelopmental conditions
- developmental delaysSlower than typical progression
- learning disabilitiesNeurological conditions affecting acquisition
- intellectual disabilitiesLimitations in mental abilities
deaf education · emotional disturbance · multiple disabilities · small class size · vocational training · IEP · paraprofessional · assessment · diagnostic
mainstreaming
Including in standard settings
- integrationCombining into a whole
- inclusive educationTeaching all abilities together
- accessibilityEase of approach
equal opportunity · accommodations · adaptations · coeducation · peer support · social inclusion · participation · resource room · buddy system · collaborative learning
occupational therapy
Restoring practical life abilities
- speech therapyTreatment for communication disorders
- physical therapyRehabilitative movement-based medical care
- music therapyHealing through musical intervention
art therapy · hydrotherapy · play therapy · behavioral therapy · counseling · social skills training · life skills · self-regulation · emotional support · crisis intervention
- special educationIEP, IEPs, learning disabilities, learning disability, autism
- UK Schoolsacademies, sixth form, academy
- NZ Schoolsbursary, polytechnic, tertiary education, prefect, prefects
- educationeducation, teachers, students, learning, teaching
special schoolsgeneral education
Mandatory broad academic requirements
public schools · comprehensive schools · neighborhood schools · community schools
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