Open AccessThe Inclusive Education: Policy Issues and Challenges. The Rights in the Amended Special Edu- cation Law in Israel (1988)
Author(s) -
Lea Shaked
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
autizm i narušenie razvitiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-4317
pISSN - 1994-1617
DOI - 10.17759/autdd.2020180102
Subject(s) - legislation , special education , least restrictive environment , inclusion (mineral) , mainstreaming , state (computer science) , education act , political science , special needs , order (exchange) , inequality , law , sociology , public administration , psychology , economics , computer science , social science , mathematics , mathematical analysis , finance , algorithm , psychiatry
This paper discusses the effects of Special Education law (1918) in Israel and amendments followed in 2002; 2018 on school placement policy and attitudes toward inclusion. The critics on differential budget to different setting that the budget doesn’t support the least restrictive environment concept and inequality in the allocation of resources among students in special education and students integrated in the regular education lead to the amendment nr.11 of Special Education law. Present paper argues that while state policy makes an ongoing effort to increase access to general edu- cation by innovative legislation, increasing the state funding in order to accommodate and meet the needs of students with disabilities in inclusive education the practices of educational institutions perpetuated exclusion from general education. For regular teachers to feel confident in their ability to teach all students, a change in teacher preparation programs should be implemented. A change in teacher preparation programs still needs a profound reform.