If I could change the way we provide services to students with disabilities, I would recommend that all mainstream schools are able to accommodate children with physical and sensory impairments and mild to moderate learning disabilities. This would include a number of school based schemes that support all disabled children so to access and remain in mainstream schools and achieve their potential. All RSP students would be mainstreamed and there would be an RSP teacher, aides and general education teacher all in the class working collaboratively.

Secondly I would recommend a school wide/district wide resolution program.  This program would help dispute resolution for special education. The resolution program would provide a resource for staff to call any time they have questions about how a dispute should be handled, and an on-call ombudsperson to issue recommendations to parents and school staff.  When parents and school staff can maintain a positive relationship, the child is much more likely to stay in school.The school and district both benefit because they do not have to pay for attorney fees and hearing costs, and there is more money to support the students. 

Funding is also key; more money needs to go toward special education and teacher training.  The special education system in the United States is one of the most heavily-regulated and under-funded of all federal education mandates. There is not nearly enough funding for these children that need it the most. In order to have good teachers who care about their students there needs to be more funding put into special needs education. Not enough teachers today are being trained in special education. If more teachers are trained and more inclusion of these children occurs, then it would be easier to get the funding for special education because the children would already be included into a regular classroom setting. I would also recommend that staff attend training in special education law and more importantly, in negotiation and communication skills.