The Basics

The article “Mainstreaming: The Special Needs Child Goes to School” by Kristyn Crow really made me think about the basic line of mainstreaming. This article is about what mainstreaming is, how important it is, and things you can do to help the transition into mainstreaming be easy. Mainstreaming is the process of a child with special needs going to a regular education classroom with other regular education students rather than being in a separate room. Studies have shown that mainstreaming helps the students as they grow older and have a higher success rate. As a parent, there are things you can do to help your child. Keeping in contact with the teacher, making play dates with other students, and teaching your child how to identify bullying are three possibilities for a parent to help. The purpose of this article is to help parents understand more about mainstreaming and a few tips to help them be successful. This article is a few paragraphs long with numbers to show the ways to help your child. This paper will help my thesis by giving me information as to what the effect of mainstreaming is on students, as they get older.