what is special education?

Special Education is the individually planned arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials, accessible settings, and other interventions designed to help learners with special needs achieve a higher level of personal self-sufficiency and success in school and community.
Most public schools offer special education, if they don't they are required to make arrangments for the student at other places. Special education is offered for many different types of special needs. The students have to be tested and placed in special education. It is a long process before a student is put into the classroom. There is a team of teachers, councilors, and school staff ; this team is called an IEP team.