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Research Paper Inclusive education means that all students in a school, regardless of their strengths or weaknesses in any area, become part of the school community. They are included in the feeling of belonging among other students, teachers, and support staff. The educational practice known as, full inclusion may have negative effects on the self-esteem of a special needs child. In 1975, Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, also known as Public Law94-142. Before this law came into effect many children with disabilities were routinely excluded from public schools. Their options were to remain at home or be institutionalized. This law was an important landmark in education and because of this law, today; no child may be denied a free and appropriate public education. Inclusion is a relatively new movement in education developed first by parents and professional advocates. It is an attempted to bring special needs children into the classroom and to educate them in, classrooms with there, non-learning disabled peers. While attempting to do this I think it is extremely important to consider the self-esteem of a child being put in these classrooms. One of the basic elements of self-esteem comes from the comfort in being part of a valued social circle. A child with special needs placed in a regular classroom already feels ostracized because their needs differ from the majority of the class. Inclusion may help a child academically, but the maturity level of these children keeps them socially apart from the rest of their peers. Inclusion was first introduced in 1989 by the CSIE (center for studies on inclusive education). Prior to the introduction of inclusion was the idea of mainstreaming ... ...ith severe disabilities in schools. San Diego, California: Singular Publishing Group. Schwier, K. & Hingsburger, D. (2000). Sexuality: your sons and daughters with intellectual disabilities. Baltimore, Maryland: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc. Tamaren, M. (1992). I make a difference: a curriculum guide building self-esteem and sensitivity in the inclusive classroom. Novato, California: Academic Therapy Publications. Vance, B. (ed). (1998). Psychological assessment of children. Canada: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This book includes many psychiatric assessments of students in inclusive classrooms. Masters, Jason. (2003). Interview conducted with Jason Masters on April 2003. Pevik, J., Mccomas, J., & Laflamme, M. (2002). Barriers and facilitators to inclusive Education. Council for exceptional children, Vol. 69, pp. 97-107.