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mainstreaming
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mainĀ·streamĀ·ing (mnstrmng)
n.
The process of integrating physically or intellectually disadvantaged students into regular school classes.

mainstream v.

mainstreaming
[mān′strēming]
Etymology: OE, maegan, strength; ME, strem
1 the system of educating children with disabilities in regular classrooms, with special assistance as needed.
2 the return of persons recovering from mental illness to the community.

mainstreaming
Inclusion Pediatrics The education of a student with disabilities in a regular classroom in a neighborhood school with the support so the student can participate fully Social medicine The placing of learning- or otherwise impaired children in the same environment as other–normal children, while supplementing learning with various educational maneuvers


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