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Least Restrictive Environment: A Case Study

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boy, "Mark," who was being instructed under the directives of an Individual Education Plan designed towards inclusion. Inclusion is a term utilized to support the codicil of the Least  Restrictive Environment (LRE), in which children of varied educational capabilities, including the presence of learning disabilities and mental health conditions, are instructed in general education classrooms with a collaborative method.  Mark is a student being instructed in a collaborative classroom by both a general education teacher and a special education teacher. I observed Marks experience in the general  education/collaborative classroom over the course of 5 visits, and saw a variety of elements that both supported and negated efforts towards a LRE. When I first observed the classroom  setting, one of the primary elements that came to mind was that the classroom was divided into different sections, suggesting that classroom instruction would be divided into these areas, with  different educators working in each of these areas. Though this was my initial perception, I learned that the model in place in this classroom did not include the separation  of student groups into separate groups with different instructors; the collaborative model supported the use of both educators at the same time to instruct the total learner population. This environment  included the application of a cooperative learning model, a model designed to match students with higher performance levels with learners who require help, in order to support academic achievement by  all students. The expected outcomes of this type of LRE is that the students in the class as a whole will help each other achieve to given standards, and  even the children who have difficulties, including Mark (who has ADHD), will demonstrate a willingness to learn and achieve in the group setting. Accommodations are made for the