This name is not to offend, nor is it just a name of the school, it is the name used in ENGLAND for all disabilities, schools for children with a disability are called special schools, even teachers in mainstream are called SENCO'S special eduncational needs co ordinator.
thats a shame u couldnt do what u wanted back then, but yea this is true the school needs to be able to have the facilities, i think my friends brother was luki with this having a mainstream with facilities he needed.
Thats really interesting, here they call these schools special schools for the deaf. have a look on google search wiltshire specail schools there are many.
yes hopfuly they will :P he is 13 in year 8 at secndary school, he uses BSL and here the school is called a special school for deaf children. He grew up in a family of 4, no mother and he is the only deaf child. so mabye felt excluded and wanted to be like his brother and sister in the...
Yes I agree, mabe its because Deaf pupils in a mainstream appear to be the minority and then might feel excluded, if there were more deaf pupils instead of one or two like in my mainstream school then deaf studets would feel more equal in a mainstream and also classes would or should be better.
yea I agree, from talking to people and from jus general knoweldge I would of said mainstream is not the most popular, but in his case it was best, saying then it depends on the child mabye it dosnt mabye specail schools are best in the long run for the child
Well my friend is 21 and its her younger brother he is in year 8/9 at senior school so he is 13/14, started in an all deaf school but moved to mainstream.
Yea, I think its the child that decides in the end which is better for them, as every child is different, like my friends brother didnt get on with it, but the child returning to your school did. If only both special schools and mainstream were amazing enough to be best either way.
Yes i totally agree! there shouldn have to be a choice, both should be equal and efficent! I see what your saying about deaf child bing with other deaf children but my friends younger brother felt he wanted to be around people who could here also and so he didnt feel so excluded? I suppose this...