More Bangkok schools to teach special needs children

By The Nation

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to develop more of its schools to be able to teach children with special needs.

 

Thanitas Praewanich, director the BMA's Education Department, said on Monday that 128 of its schools already had teachers and facilities for teaching children with special needs, with 3,300 such students receiving specialised education from kindergarten to high school, and that the BMA planned to increase those numbers.

 

Thanitas said special needs children are able to learn music, physical education, health and other subjects with general students, but need special classes in maths and science subjects, where their learning pace is slower.

 

She said in those cases where special needs children have separate classes these are conducted at the rate of ten students per teacher.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30333128

 

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Good. The teachers of the special needs classes my son has attended (2 schools so far) are excellent and regularly attend training and development sessions. I see him and his classmates progress and most importantly really enjoy attending.

" Thanitas said special needs children are able to learn music, physical education, health and other subjects with general students, but need special classes in maths and science subjects, where their learning pace is slower. "

Makes me think he has no experience or training in "special needs", or is clueless about the broad spectrum that would fall under "special needs". I have masters in special ed and taught in special needs program for decades in USA

You best start with all the generals attending first then.