Intervention Remediation Reteaching Special Education Inclusion Resource How are these terms different? My official title is "Intervention Specialist," but most of friends and family refer to me as a special ed teacher. I correct them on this, of course: "I don't teach special ed." But, still they always go back to it. To those outside of education, and even to many in education, these terms are synonymous. When I remind people I don't teach special ed, I hear: Don't you teach kids with learning disabilities? Some, yes. Don't most of your kids have ADHD? Yes. Isn't ADHD a disability? Sometimes. It can be. Don't many of your kids have dyslexia? Yes. So how is this not special ed? To understand the difference between all of these, let's compare this topic to a racetrack. Let's start with Remediation . First of all, remediation and reteaching are synonyms, and so I will use these t...
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