Down Syndrome: Should you send your child to a mainstream or special needs school?

This film was made by four seventh form students from Kapiti College, Paraparaumu, New Zealand for a media studies class. It looks at Lily Bird, a four year old girl with Down Syndrome and her mother's decision as to where Lily should go to school: to a local mainstream school, or to a special needs unit.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Downs
• Syndrome.
• Special
• needs
• education.

[DownSyndromeTalk]

I think a mix between the 2 is good. They can attend mainstream for the most part of the day, then for about 2 hours, they are in special needs class at the same school.

[travelplus1]

These kids deserve a normal life with extra supports. You see mainstreaming this kids and offer services such as speech pathology, health and extra Special Services and mainstream the kid in subjects he or she is good in. We need to offer these kids the best lives possible.

[Mikoyuan]

Don't send your fucktards to mainstream, they don't belong to be with Normal Healthy smart kids

[foreverfamous726]

I nanny a six year old with downs named tanner you can see him on the videos on my channel and he is in a special needs class but I feel like he is so far ahead of them its holding him back any one else feel the same?

[foreverfamous726]

@livin4jesus0225 yes they just get so excited and I bet if you speak about something they are into they wont freak out on you anymore!

[MuffLord4]

@livin4jesus0225

No because they are less likely to freak out on me, turn hulk and kill me just becuse their brain is more developed and they have a better understanding of moral

[MuffLord4]

@livin4jesus0225

if I pushed a downs-guy around like hell (I Loved mobbing) then I'D prolly not be here, I dealt 1 time with 1, he wanted to kick my ass for threatening a foreigner (not even HIM), gladly I had 6 friends around me, the brute went bwahbwah and knocked 2 of us on the ground just for me poiting a knife at a fucking turkey.

[MuffLord4]

@livin4jesus0225

not every kid in this age is retarded and dumb as fuck, I for example already knew how to deceive, lie and use my status as "innocent child", what the fuck would you think would happen to a downs-child if they met some1 like me in grade-school or even Kindergarden?

My father told me that I pushed children out of seats for fun, If I did something like this to a down-child then there's a good chance that I'd not be living anymore because they work different.

[MuffLord4]

@livin4jesus0225

You restrict others by making them watch out for these kids and having to adapt, this is not how life works.

[birds16ful]

My 14 yrs old boyfriend had Down Syndrome/Autism. I am 16 yrs old girl with Hemiplegia Cerebral Palsy & Russell Silver Syndrome. We both go to Madonna School Serving Special Needs School