Creating an Inclusive School
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Overview
This book is a comprehensive resource on inclusive schooling -- including children and youth with disabilities in general education classrooms. The editors have gathered experts on inclusion and practitioners in the field to discuss the foundation of inclusion and describe promising practices in K-12 schools. Contributors show how schools can provide a "least restricted environment" for students with disabilities through inclusive schooling, using such instructional strategies as cooperative learning, teaming, multi-age grouping,multicultural education, social skills training, and educational technology applications.The book also addresses how to manage change in education and how to adapt curriculum in an inclusive classroom. The book lists extensive resources on inclusive education.
Synopsis
Written by administrators, general and special educators, and parents of students with disabilities, the eight chapters in this text explore ways that inclusive education can support a diverse student population at all grade levels. The second edition reflects ongoing concerns and developments in the field during the ten years since publication of the first edition. It offers readers the legal and historical background of inclusive education, rationales for inclusion, advice on how to facilitate the transformation of schools to embrace an inclusive ethic and practice, educational practices supportive of differentiating instruction for diverse learners, and answers to common questions and concerns about inclusive education. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR