What is Special education?
{{about|educating students with special needs or behavioral problems|educating gifted students|Gifted education}} Some children are [[disability|disabled]], or they have [[learning disability|learning difficulties]]. '''Special education''' is about teaching these children. Some of them can be [[inclusive education|educated with other children]] of the same age who are not disabled. Others must go to special schools. If the disability is too bad they can not get an education. [[Student]]s who have [[emotion]]al problems and act poorly are sometimes expelled from school. [[Inclusive education]] is a firmed by the [[Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities]] to reduce such exclusion. Special needs include [[speech]] or [[hearing]] difficulties, [[emotion]]al and [[behavior]]al [[disorder]]s, [[Human body|physical]] [[Disability|disabilities]], and [[development]]al disorders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minedu.govt.nz/educationSectors/SpecialEducation/AboutSpecialEducation/WhatIsSpecialEducation/WhatIsSpecialEducation.aspx|title=Types of Special needs|accessdate=28 July 2010|author=New Zealand's Ministry of Education|archive-date=12 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512043236/http://www.minedu.govt.nz/educationSectors/SpecialEducation/AboutSpecialEducation/WhatIsSpecialEducation/WhatIsSpecialEducation.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> Students with these special needs often get more educational services. This may mean different approaches to teaching, access to a [[resource room]] and use of [[technology]]. Some students are very smart. These students are called gifted. They also have certain needs so they can succeed. These students do better with special teaching styles or different educational programs. The word 'special education' is used for students whose special needs stop them from learning the way normal people learn. [[Gifted education]] is handled separately. ==Description of services== [[Image:PS 721 Spec Ed jeh.JPG|thumb|PS 721, a [[special school]] in [[Brooklyn, New