Monday, October 05, 2009

New school in east Orange built on 'inclusion' of kids with disabilities

photo of dedication ceremony
UCF President John Hitt delivers remarks during the dedication ceremony of the new East Orange/Bailes Campus of UCP of Central Florida. (Joe Burbank, Orlando Sentinel / September 30, 2009

Orlando Sentinel (Oct. 1, 2009) -- Suzanne Snyder is raising three children with developmental disabilities. She's used to feeling like an outsider in a school system where her kids have bounced from one class to the next trying to find a teacher who understands them and has the time and experience to deal with their special needs.

So the other day, as she stood on the campus of an innovative new school in east Orange County, watching her 8-year-old son join in song and sit happily with his peers, she couldn't help but cry. "It is finally reality," she said. "And it's just so wonderful."

The $9.6 million East Orange/Bailes campus of UCP of Central Florida, named after the family whose donation helped make it possible, is one of the few schools in the country built for "inclusion" -- the buzzword educators use for mixing kids with and without disabilities in the same classes. The idea is that disabled kids will model their behavior after their more typical counterparts, and kids without disabilities will develop empathy and understanding.

Kate Santich
Sentinel Staff Writer

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