Inclusion of children with special educational needs

more than a pedagogical challenge

Abstract

In this article, grounds of integration in education of children with special educational needs are discussed as opposed to segregated education. Segregate education, operates isolating children form regular system and attends them in specialized institutions, in a way of helping them to overcome their difficulties. Nevertheless, the educational experiences granted in this centers and their achievement evaluation, have been demonstrating that this educational model has a negative implication in children and their families. In turn, academic results have not been as expected in spite of the important recourse investment. An integrated educational model, includes the design of strategies and techniques that reassure success for students with or without special educational needs. Some strategies are described in this article. In summary, the article describes the importance of sensibilize everyone in an educational community and in the society, and it raise the importance of supporting the educational communities with special recourses in order to accomplish their mission with efficiency. Finally, it concludes that it is very important to give special attention in preventing burnout in teachers, because they have an important part of the responsibility in an integrated educational model. If teachers are not enough prepared and engaged in this task, they can present burnout symptoms at an earlier stage.