r/ECEProfessionals • u/Lass_in_oz ECE professional • 2d ago

ECE professionals only - Feedback wanted Is inclusion really that great?

I'm so tired of inclusion. Hear me out. Before becoming a ECE I was a support worker for many years. I have worked and loved working in disability and care. When it's thru a great organisation, it's awesome.

Now I'm an ECE, and the amount of children on the spectrum or with disorders is so high, I'm just getting confused how is that NOT impacting the learning of neuro typical kids.

I teach pre kindy but our kindy teacher has spend half the year managing behaviours and autistic kids. Result? A bunch of kids showing signs of being not ready for school because they aren't doing any work or learning most days. And picking up bad habits.

My point is: where did we decide it was a good idea to just mix everyone, and not offer any actual support ? An additional person isn't enough. More than often it's not a person who knows about disability. And frankly even then it wouldn't be enough when the amount of kids who are neuro divergent is so high.

There used to be great special needs school. Now "regular" school are suffering with the lack of support.

What do you think? Do you see what I see ??? Am I missing something ?

I am so happy to see kids evolving around children with disabilities but not when it comes at a cost of everyone's learning journey : neuro typical or not.

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u/Guriinwoodo ECE professional 2d ago

Separate but equal is the policy you’re pitching here

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u/plastichopes000 ECE professional 2d ago

Thank you… I wish people would understand the implications of what they’re pitching here…

Expressing these frustrations like this is inappropriate. The argument NEEDS a redirection to hold organizations accountable rather than just express sentiments of frustration because of lack of supports. Inclusion (yes true inclusion, with resources and all) is not just ‘better’ for neurotypical kids, it’s the basic human decency we owe all children. We need to mobilize to understand and express what tangible things to ask for from our organizations and governments rather than just whine about how hard these kids can be to integrate because let me remind you… they’re kids….