Arent children with challenging behaviours
better off in special settings?
Not usually, though of course it depends on the needs of the individual
child. To learn to function in society you must be in society. Children
with challenging behaviours desperately need to learn social skills
to protect them in the future. Their socially competent peers, who
can act as role models and reinforce their attempts at positive
behaviour every day, are the best possible teachers (if there are
enough properly trained adults around to support them, of course).
The other children are learning, too. They learn how
to help a friend, how to stand up for themselves, how not to become
victims. Above all, they learn that people are different and that
everyone is a valuable individual.
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