Innovative Roles of Guidance and Counseling for Managing Children with Learning Disabilities in Inclusive Classroom by Inclusive Teachers

This study was designed to determine the roles of guidance and counseling in assisting the inclusive teachers manage and handle learning disable children in an inclusive classroom. The study was a descriptive research design guided by two research questions. The design adopted for this study was an evaluation design. The area of study is Nagpur, Maharashtra. A total population of 200 secondary school inclusive teachers was used and inclusive teachers drawn from in the educational zones of the State. A purposive sampling technique was used in each zone to select the schools and a simple random sampling technique was used to draw 100 respondents. Multiple choice questions were used as an instrument designed by the researcher. Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation for each research question. Findings among others revealed that handling or dealing with differences or diversity in the classroom forms one of the biggest challenges within school classrooms. Inclusion can be organized in quite a few ways and on different levels, but finally, the inclusive teacher must deal with larger diversity within the class and have to adapt or prepare the curriculum in such a way that the needs of all pupils, those with learning disabilities, gifted pupils and their peers, are sufficiently met.