Special Education and Rehabilitation: Factors of Development, Different Models of Disability and Some Current Problems

Abstract

Special education is a
specialised form of education
within an educational system
that gives . support to
exceptional students. As
traditionally defined,
"special education refers to
education that is given to
students who differ so much
physically, mentally,
emotionally or socially from
the otherwise quite
homogenous group of students
that special educational
measures are needed to meet
their educational needs".
(Moberg, 1982: 17). The
justification for special
education is, thus, given
from two angles. Firstly,
there is an individual who
cannot benefit enough from
normal educational services.
From this it follows that it
is not only individual
differences that create
special educational needs,
the incapability of normal
schooling to accommodate
students with different
characteristics also causes
the need for such education.