GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

Any behavior or performance outside the “normal” range is exceptional. If exceptionality interferes with normal functioning across various situations, educators consider “labeling” a student as exceptional in order to provide services. For all disabilities, the process of screening, identification, and labeling includes numerous evaluations and observations. While current initiatives toward inclusive education internationally have been implemented, such as the Education for All programme, some countries in the Global South are still challenged by lack of ability to provide children with disabilities access to education due to issues such as lack of resources and schools being overcrowded. The process of “assessing” a child’s learning needs include evaluation and screening by psychologists and therapists, and determining the child’s day-to-day specific needs in academic, social, and creative realms. Deciding whether a student needs special education services rests on the degree to which a disability interferes with normal functioning. We all mix up left and right now and then, but that does not mean we have a learning disability or dyslexia. Students with exceptionalities could be on any sort of placement, from the regular classroom to a special school or residential setting.

KEYWORDS: Education, Exceptional Children, Giftedness, Attitudes and Beliefs