Mild-disturbance classrooms approach conventional classrooms with minimal enclosed space

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Description

At the mildest level the booklet reduces special provisions: "In classrooms for mildly disturbed children there is less need for enclosed spaces such as quiet rooms and study carrels." Drawing 7 is fully open with no carrels or quiet room, a day bed and study area enclosed only by shelving and a screen, and greater stress on a conventional atmosphere through additional chalkboards and reduced toy storage. Drawing 9 integrates five emotionally unstable children with twenty emotionally stable children in an informally arranged usual classroom.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Retreat areas in two of the three drawings, enclosed by book shelving and screens rather than walls

Constraints

• Children in this class react less to activity around them, so fewer controls are needed

Target Learners

• mildly emotionally disturbed children, including integrated placements

Target Goals

• participation in a conventional classroom atmosphere with light behavioural support

Claims

Related Patterns

• Moderate-disturbance classrooms merge consultation into the quiet room and add group-project space
• Rigid zoning with clearly separated noisy and quiet areas for severely disturbed children

Examples

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Key Sources

• Special Education Facilities for Emotionally Disturbed Children. (1968). Ontario Department of Education. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED085907

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title	Mild-disturbance classrooms approach conventional classrooms with minimal enclosed space
description	At the mildest level the booklet reduces special provisions: "In classrooms for mildly disturbed children there is less need for enclosed spaces such as quiet rooms and study carrels." Drawing 7 is fully open with no...
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