Least restrictive environment (lre)
- 1. RAMIFICATIONS OF LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT (LRE) By: Morgan Patterson
- 2. RAMIFICATIONS OF (LRE) AS IT APPLIES TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES BASED ON IDEA AND 504 GUIDELINES. Mainstreaming is used under IDEA to ensure that students with disabilities receive an appropriate education with those who are non- disabled. Students with disabilities are to be in the regular classroom whenever supplementary aids or services can be provided for an appropriate education. The least restrictive environment will provide students with disabilities a more meaningful education than that of an education in a continuous restricted environment.
- 3. RAMIFICATIONS OF (LRE) AS IT APPLIES TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES BASED ON IDEA AND 504 GUIDELINES. Students with disabilities are to be included in the regular classroom whenever possible and appropriate. However, if the student with the disability is disruptive or harmful they can be removed into a more restricted environment that will be more appropriate for their needs. Students with disabilities must receive educational benefits, whether it be socially, educationally, mentally, when in the regular classroom setting.
- 5. (LRE) FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION. I was able to speak with Traci Turk about her perspective on LRE. She explained to me that it is important for her to educate the regular classroom teachers on ways that students with disabilities can be in the classroom as much as possible. Traci spoke about the importance of having appropriate services available for students with disabilities and if they are not available, finding ways to make them available for the students.
- 6. (LRE) FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION. Traci also spoke about the importance of educating the families and the students themselves on the importance of LRE and the benefits that it has. The last thing Traci told me that for her she knows she’s is doing her job when her students with disabilities in the district are in the most least restrictive environment at all time.
- 7. LRE IN MY CLASSROOM Least Restrictive Environment is very important to me. It is important to me that students with disabilities be in the regular classroom setting as much as possible. I will ensure that I provide my students with disabilities any technology or services that I can so that they may be in the regular classroom.
- 8. LRE IN MY CLASSROOM One of the many reasons I have chosen SPED as area of concentration is so that I can provide for my students with disabilities in my regular classroom. I hope to be able to keep them in there the entire day unless their disability is so severe that, that is not possible.