The Centennial Special Issue, Vol 32, 2021 107 Challenges of Students with Speech-Language and Communication Needs in Classroom Interactions at Bilingual Schools Tazin Aziz Chaudhury Sayma Arju Abstract An ideal classroom must ensure active students' participation, participative teaching methodologies, the use of technological resources, and teachers’ positive attitudes towards disability. The National Education Policy 2010 attempted to address inclusive education and the implementation strategies of inclusion into the country’s existing education system. Children with specific speech-language and communication needs (SLCN) are frequently placed in mainstream schools with varying degrees of support yet little or almost no attention is paid to the children’s actual problems and their personal educational needs. Bangladesh is still considered a country where speech-language pathology services are not provided within schools, and many of the children's needs are not deemed to be severe enough to access other educational funding or support services. In this study, the authors explored some of the difficulties children with speech- language and communication needs face when learning language and interacting with peers in a classroom setting. The research applied a qualitative research method to investigate the learning and schooling experiences of the sample of children. Interviews were conducted with 36 participants including 10 selected