Inclusion or self contained classrooms?

How do you choose the best setting for your child with learning disabilities? When I was growing up we had resource rooms where some students went for individualized instruction of certain subjects.  I was aware of the resource room but don't remember any stigma attached to my peers who spent time there although those students may disagree.  Now we have Inclusion settings where students remain in the classroom for all subjects and there is an inclusion teacher who is there to assist students with IEP's and modify material and assignments.  I work in a school that follows that model and my sister is an Inclusion teacher for a 6th grade class and the idea is that the class doesn't know who the Inclusion teacher is there for because she is moving about the class helping all students.  I have seen the model work well for some students who need that extra support but am unsure how I feel about it for students with multiple or more severe disabilities. As a parent, are we doing our children a disservice by enrolling them in schools that follow the Inclusion model because we don't want them to feel different if they are removed from the classroom to visit the resource room? Are some special education students struggling in schools with the Inclusion model?  This is a link to an article outlining the 2 types of Inclusion, push-in and full inclusion.

http://specialed.about.com/od/integration/a/Inclusion-What-Is-Inclusion.htm

I took the plunge...

and posted to a blog!  I had been checking out this neighborhood blog, the one I spoke about in my first entry here.  The one where a certain few people use the space to rant and rave to each other about anything concerning our neighborhood, I mean anything.  I asked if anyone knew when or if a certain store was coming instead of posting a complaint.  I really wanted to post about how some people throw their dog's "stuff" in other peoples garbage cans, it's pretty gross.

I'm new to the blogging world...

I'm a little embarrassed to admit it but I'm new to blogs.  I know what a blog is and have stumbled across blogs while surfing the internet but the only real experience I've had is with my neighborhood blog.  My neighborhood here in DC has a blog that I've looked at a bunch of times to see what's new as far as construction and development because for the last 5 years or so we have been going through a major transition.  A few years ago they built a Target and a bunch of other stores right at the end of my street.  The people who live here would write in what they knew and what they heard about the development.  I was disappointed when I started viewing entries that were anger driven and it seemed that it turned into a spot for a few people to rant and rave at each other.  I wasn't alone, some residents wrote in expressing their irritation.

I enjoyed the first 3 chapters in Richardson's text and learned a lot about the history of the read/write web, what a blog is, uses for and types of blogs and blogs in schools.  I'm not a classroom teacher but I started thinking about ways teachers can use blogs in the classroom.  The school I work at is an Expeditionary Learning school and they do some peer to peer teaching and critique.  A classroom blog for that purpose would be a great fit and the students would love it!