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Student Presentation

**Least Restrictive Environment**

Sean Koegel, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, skoegel@hawaii.edu Jenny Tanaka, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, jenny.tanaks@gmail.com

When students are placed in the most appropriate environment, with the least amount of restrictions, and fully accessible to all, they can actually reach for the brightest stars. This is called Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). The LRE is a common term used within the realm of Special Education. It is an educational setting that appropriately challenges a student with a learning disability by supporting his or her educational or physical needs. Through this online course, students in the post baccalaureate program in the College of Education at the University of Hawaii will be provided multiple forms of information related to the LRE, via the World Wide Web. Since the students will be on the outer-islands, the web is the quickest and most effective way to communicate the goals and objectives of this 15-hour course. By completing this course, the students will be able to clearly define, discuss and effectively apply the concepts of the Least Restrictive Environment and the related continuum of services.

All Audiences Online instruction via Elluminate