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A 4 page paper. Students with special needs may be challenged with physical barriers at school. This essay discusses some of those barriers and identifies issues new schools need to consider when designing them and existing schools may also consider. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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addition to steps leading into buildings. Most school districts have not had the funds to build new schools during the last two decades and are still in the position of
needing to modify existing facilities in order to provide an appropriate and meaningful environment in which all children can learn. Different types of facilities are needed for different types of
special education needs (Legislative Analysts Office, 2000). There seems to be a dearth of journal articles and documents that address the specific issue of designing a facility that will
meet the needs of children with special needs. This may be because most special education children have learning disabilities that do not require much in the way of modifying the
physical environment. Children with physical handicaps do need classrooms and buildings designed to allow them access and free movement. There are specific regulations that specify the space that is
to be designed for different disability categories. For instance, Californias Title 5 states: new schools must designate at least 240 square feet for the resource specialist program (California Department of
Education, 2009). If the student population gets larger, additional space must be delegated to the program (California Department of Education, 2009). At least 200 square feet must be delegated to
the speech and language program and that space needs to be as close to the regular classrooms as possible (California Department of Education, 2009). A new school must also include
office space for the psychologist or counselor that offers confidentiality and privacy (California Department of Education, 2009). Special day classes, which are for students who cannot attend the regular
classrooms for the majority of the school, such as severely emotionally disturbed children or children with severe physical handicaps must be at least the same size as regular education classrooms
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