Your text suggests that non-categorical approaches may be a useful alternative to our current special education practices. (a) What is a non-categorical approach to serving the needs of learners with disabilities? (b) Identify three differences you might see in assessment, identification, and program planning in a state or district that used a non-categorical approach
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
(a) Non-categorical approaches to service delivery base programming on identified strengths and needs of students instead of categorical labels; children with similar needs are served together, without the need to determine disability classifications.
(b) (1) Assessment would focus on identifying strengths and needs;
(2) Effort and resources would not be devoted to determining a category for services; services would be justified solely by identified performance deficits and needs;
(3) Programming would be based on the learner's needs, using the student's strengths to support the learning; students with similar needs would be served together, regardless of any disability category.
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