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Inclusion Strategies That Work!: Research-Based Methods for the Classroom

Name: Inclusion Strategies That Work!: Research-Based Methods for the Classroom
Author: Toby J. Karten
ISBN: 9781412979375

by Toby J. Karten

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Overview

Newly revised to reflect current legislation and research-based strategies, this best-selling guide shows how to adapt teaching strategies, curriculum, and assessment to create a fully inclusive classroom.

Synopsis

"What a wonderful, comprehensive tool for educators! The text highlights all of the key areas promoting success for students in inclusive environments."
--Scott Rossig, Behavioral Consultant
Waldwick, NJ

"A great resource for all teachers struggling to effectively include students with disabilities in general education classrooms."
--Diane Cavanagh, Department of Special Education and RehabilitationEast Stroudsburg University, PA

Finally! A comprehensive yet practical one-stop resource of strategies for the inclusive classroom!

Whether you are a general or a special education K-12 teacher, this guide helps you understand and implement hands-on strategies for successful classroom inclusion of students with disabilities. Students identified for special education services pose a variety of challenges, but this practical resource gives you research-based tools that make differentiating instruction for all students much easier.

Designed to be taken off your shelf again and again, Inclusion Strategies That Work! includes an array of lists, charts, curriculum suggestions, tips for working with parents, strategies for preparing Individual Educational Plans (IEPs), including a mock IEP, reproducible activities and applications, and sample inclusion dilemmas. It also gives you information on disability characteristics as well as complementary instructional plans.

About the Author, Toby J. Karten

Toby J. Karten has been involved in the field of special education for since 1976 and has worked with children and adults in elementary through graduate levels. Developer of a graduate course on disability awareness, Karten has presented at local, state, and national workshops and conferences and has served as a resource center teacher in New Jersey. She has an undergraduate degree in special education from Brooklyn College, a master's degree from the College of Staten Island, and a supervisory degree from Georgian Court College.

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Editorials

Jacqueline Thousand

"Karten clarifies the context for inclusive education and offers a vast array of curricular and instructional strategies that support not only the learning and inclusion of students with disabilities, but the learning and inclusion of ALL students. This friendly and accessible book can be put into action immediately in any classroom."

Lynn De Capua

"This updated edition includes a comprehensive, easy-to-read overview of historical and current considerations in special education that lay the foundation for inclusive education. Drawing from her vast experience as a special educator, Karten shares a wealth of practical, research-based instructional and behavioral strategies that educators can implement in the classroom effectively. This how-to book is a must-have for all educators today!"

Patrick Johnson

"Wow! What a great source of information for the new and experienced teacher. Karten has captured material and information that is useable and easy to understand."

Harold M. Tarriff

"With an added emphasis on the abilities of students with special needs, Karten continues to be a distinctive voice for the value, benefits, and logic of an inclusive philosophy and practice in the schools of the 21st century. Good teachers teach all students; excellent teachers teach all students well. Karten gives excellent teachers another tool to move all students to their highest achievement. Her chapter on social, emotional, and behavioral issues in the curriculum focuses added atention on critical areas most often overlooked."

Jamie Roden

"I am convinced that every teacher should read this book, because then they would understand the concept of meeting the needs of all students. This book is an excellent resource to help any educator meet the needs of each individual student, regardless of the exceptionality, and to help each student achieve his or her full potential. Thank you, Toby, for your high expectations for all students and for providing a useful tool to use in obtaining high standards for our students."

Martha Lawson

I have been teaching introductory courses in special education for 5 years. Each year I review books to see if I can find the one that truly speaks to the needs of my students in this ever-changing field. I found what I was looking for in Inclusion Strategies That Work!

John Zerillo

I found the content extremely interesting. The lessons are productive and easy to follow.

Scott Rossig

What a wonderful, comprehensive tool for educators! The text highlights all of the key areas promoting success for students in inclusive environments.

Fatima Ramirez

This compilation of inclusion strategies significantly covers topics of importance to any educator or parents who seeks information related to the special needs population. The concentration on the aspects that are key in special education are extensively discussed.

Barry Swartz

A comprehensive text of activities and worksheets for teachers and students . . .a must read!

Diane Cavanagh

A great resource for all teachers struggling to effectively include students with disabilities in general education classrooms.

Elise Pelcz

I would buy this book in a minute. It is informative, interesting, and will provide a lot of guidance in my future teaching career.

Kelly Maloney

As a college student studying special education, this text is very comprehensive and a helpful resource.

Ginger Wescott

This book contains everything you need to know about inclusion! It’s totally complete and comprehensive.

Rhonda Gibson

This book is current and every teacher, regardless of specialty and experience, should get this book.

Carol Sprague

Toby Karten certainly has a grasp on the needs of teachers in the inclusive classroom. Her book is filled with practical applications for adapting curriculum for students with disabilities.

Herbert Miller

This is a very timely book. Today with No Child Left Behind, which is a regular education initiative, inclusion will need to be part of special education more than ever before.