Improving the Lives of

Special Needs Students

Special Education
Inclusion vs. self contained
Stereotypes of students with special needs
Treatment from other students

Family Life

Hardships in raising a child with special needs

Buchman

How family life can affect school life and vice versa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Qruysw2NA

Identities Attached with Special Needs

How special needs students are perceived
Gee
Backlash from poor treatment

Improving Special Education

How special education can be improved

Utley and Obiakor

Owen interview
Personal observations

Works Cited
Buchman, Dana. A Special Education: One Familys Journey through the Maze of Learning

Disabilities. Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 2006. Print.

Gee, James. Identity as an Analytic Lens for Research in Education. 2001. Pdf.
Owen, Perry. Personal interview. 25 October 2014.
Romo, Vanessa. Why Mixing Students With and Without Special Needs Is a Good
Idea. June 25, 2013. Print. <
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/06/25/special-needs-inclusion-good-idea >
Utley, Cheryl, and Festus Obiakor. Special Education, Multicultural Education, and School
Reform. Springfield: Charles Thomas, 2001. Print.