- physical 
- emotional
- behavioral
- social 
- intellectual 

Differentiation in Disadvantages for Individuals with Special Needs

Links Between Different Types of Educatiuon

Special needs education is designed to facilitate the learning of individuals who, for a wide variety of reasons, require additional support and adaptive pedagogical methods in order to participate and meet learning objectives in an educational program.

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A method of education that provides accommodations within a learning program for individual differences, disabilities, and special needs through planned and systematically monitored arrangements of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials, and accessible settings.

Special Education

International Standard Classification of Education - UNESCO UIS. (n.d.). Retrieved June 28, 2022, from http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/international-standard-classification-of-education-isced-2011-en.pdf 

International Standard Classification of Education

This is a plan or program developed to ensure that a child with an identified disability who is attending an elementary or secondary educational institution receives specialized instruction and related services.

Individual Education Plan (IEP)

Special Needs Education

Traditional special education roots itself in pathologization, intervention, and Eugenist philosophies. Students with disabilities are viewed through a deficit lens requiring them to be "fixed." The system demands students adapt to fit existing structures rather than questioning those structures. This approach perpetuates harm and dehumanization.

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