CHAPTER ONE JUNCTION: BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Lion of children with special needs has been characterized with many challenges and nationally .there have been deliberate efforts made to address these problems ,various declarations and conferences· and as such the world is getting enlightened references like the famous Jomtein are an example in mind. to Mwaura (2002), world inclusive education conferences' like Jomtein in Thailand of he Salamanca of 1994 have advocated for Education For All irrespective of gender or 'form of disability. 1tional scene, according to Mwaura(2002) we have had a series of Educational )11S like then Ngala Mwendwa Commission of 1964 ,The Gaciathi report of 1976, the art of 1999 and the children's act of2001.all these reports put a lot of emphasis on the 1e equal learning opportunities to all children .they emphasis on the need to avoid any negative. Division, there are a number of units in regular schools catering for children with eds. There are no equal opportunities for children of this type. The teachers have such learners . the researcher tends to think they are neglected and isolated both at at school .this makes them to have low self-esteem and hence withdrawn and thus seen ntellectual deficits .many of them have drop out of school due to this negative attitude.