James is Deaf and communicates using sign language. Instead of taking him out of his lessons to have a separate lesson with a sign language teacher, his teachers, teaching assistants and the pupils learn to sign too in order to communicate with him. What inclusion is not Special schools and colleges just for Disabled children and students.
This is called segregation. Separate units in mainstream schools and colleges. This is segregation too. Disabled children and students in mainstream education, but without enough support for them to be truly included. This is called integration.
Disabled learners are in mainstream education, but their needs are not met. What is inclusive practice? Think too about the power of project-based and inquiry learning where students individually or collectively investigate an experience.
Over the years she has had several special education students in her class but they either got pulled out for time with specialists or just joined for activities like art, music, P. She has always found this method a bit disjointed and has wanted to be much more involved in educating these students and finding ways they can take part more fully in her classroom. During the month before school starts, Mrs. Brown meets with the special education teacher, Mr.
Lopez — and other teachers and staff who work with her students — to coordinate the instructional plan that is based on the IEPs Individual Educational Plan of the three students with disabilities who will be in her class the upcoming year. About two weeks before school starts, she invites each of the three children and their families to come into the classroom for individual tours and get-to-know-you sessions with both herself and the special education teacher.
She makes sure to provide information about back-to-school night and extends a personal invitation to them to attend so they can meet the other families and children.
She feels very good about how this is coming together and how excited and happy the children and their families are feeling. The school district and the principal have sent out communications to all the parents about the move to inclusion education at Mrs.
Now she wants to make sure she really communicates effectively with the parents, especially as some of the parents of both SWD and regular ed students have expressed hesitation that having their child in an inclusive classroom would work. Please describe any benefits or negative consequences you have observed in your child. What factors led to these changes? Please describe any benefits or any negative consequences for you.
She also plans to send out a questionnaire with different questions every couple of months throughout the school year. Since she found out about the move to an inclusive education approach at her school, Mrs. Brown has been working closely with the special education teacher, Mr. Lopez, and reading a great deal about the benefits and the challenges. Determined to be successful, she is especially focused on effective inclusive classroom strategies.
Her hard work is paying off. Students need to feel valued and to be enabled to build opinion and collaborative thinking skills that can ultimately impact on their whole school experiences.
Teaching students to debate and question responsibly the status quo is a sign of an inclusive school. We know that parents are not a homogeneous group and some can make inclusion very difficult. We know that parental support is key to the success of our schools. Schools sometimes feel that the challenge of enrolling that important parent voice is often insurmountable but the result is worth the effort and builds the strength of the inclusive platform.
Together we ARE stronger. An inclusive school is one that is central to the local community. It has a clear identity. Efforts are made to collaborate with other schools and voluntary agencies as well as businesses and official agencies. No school exists as an island and inclusive schools harness the resources the community might offer and works in partnership. Every school is different but an inclusive school feels different.
Everyone is welcomed and supported. The inclusive school knows that everything cannot always be perfect but that being inclusive is a continuous journey.
They reflect, listen, try, change and adapt … and never give up or give in. That is something worth fighting for. Want to write for Novak Education?
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