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Mainstreaming is mandated by the ADA but inclusion is left up to the school district to decide.
Mainstreaming is mandated by the ADA but inclusion is left up to the school district to decide.
Mainstreaming keeps Deaf students in classrooms with their hearing peers for half the day, while inclusion keeps them in classes with their Deaf peers for full days.
Mainstreaming keeps Deaf students in classrooms with their hearing peers for half the day, while inclusion keeps them in classes with their Deaf peers for full days.
Mainstreaming provides an interpreter in classrooms with hearing peers while inclusion does not.
Mainstreaming provides an interpreter in classrooms with hearing peers while inclusion does not.
Mainstreaming includes Deaf children receiving some education in a special education classroom while inclusion prefers to keep Deaf students in classes with their hearing peers.
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Mainstreaming includes Deaf children receiving some education in a special education classroom while inclusion prefers to keep Deaf students in classes with their hearing peers.
This response accurately reflects the distinction: mainstreaming often involves placing students in separate special education settings for part of the day, while inclusion emphasizes integrating students with disabilities into general education classrooms alongside their peers for the majority of the school day.
