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Inclusion Strategies & Interventions
Inclusion means more than just preparing students to pass standardized tests and increasing academic levels. In inclusive classrooms, students with special educational needs are treated as integral members of the general education environment. Gain strategies to offer the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral benefits that allow all students to achieve their highest potential.
Benefits
- Find interventions for particular categories of learners and subjects.
- Learn ways to organize an inclusive classroom using principles like RTI, differentiated instruction, understanding by design, universal design for learning, multiple intelligences, multisensory approaches, peer mentoring, and cooperative learning.
- Gain an overview of the laws that affect and influence inclusion practices.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Understanding the Inclusive Classroom
Chapter 2: Organizing for Instruction
Chapter 3: Addressing Student Needs
Chapter 4: Using Assessments, Accommodations, and Data
Chapter 5: Literacy and Communication
Chapter 6: Mathematics
Chapter 7: Social Studies and Science
Chapter 8: Art, Music, and Movement
Chapter 9: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Chapter 10: Transitional Plans
Chapter 11: Professional Collaboration
Chapter 12: Honoring Inclusion
Appendix A: Abbreviations
Appendix B: Legal Aspects of Inclusion
PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES
- RTI Intervention Plan
- RTI Progress Monitoring
- Show What You Know
- Sponge Activities
- Inclusive Educator Checklist
- Inclusive Classroom Checklist
- Ideal vs. Pseudo Inclusion
- My Lesson Plan
- Early Literacy Skills
- Letters Mastery
- Story Element Planner
- Story Frame
- Transitional Word List for Primary Grades
- Transitional Word List for Secondary Grades
- Sensory Word List for Primary Grades
- Sensory Word List for Secondary Grades
- Writing for an Audience
- Math Interview Assignment
- Living the Math: Sports
- Living the Math: Cooking
- Living the Math: Shopping
- Living the Math: Eating Out
- Hundreds Chart
- PEP
- Enlightening Details
- Interdisciplinary Thematic Planner
- Interests and Strengths Questionnaire
- Lesson Review
- Co-Teaching Planner
- Collaboration Checklist
- Sum It Up
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Chapter 1
- About.com, “What Is Behavior Analysis?”
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Asperger’s Disorder
- Autism Society
- CAST, “What Is Universal Design for Learning?”
- Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, “Functional Behavioral Assessment”
- Character Counts
- Children and Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Committee for Children
- Dr. Mac’s Behavior Management Site
- Edutopia
- Inclusion Research Institute
- LD Online
- National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), “Social Skills: Promoting Positive Behavior, Academic Success, and School Safety”
- National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities
- National Institute of Mental Health, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- National Institute of Mental Health, Autism Spectrum Disorder
- National Institute of Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
- Project Wisdom
- Stop and Think Social Skills Program
- The Gray Center
- The WhyTry Program
Chapter 2
- 4 2 Explore: Charts and Graphs
- AbleData
- aimsweb Assessment and RTI Solution
- Assign-A-Day
- Assistive Technology Training Online
- Augmentative Communication
- BrainPOP
- BrainPOP Jr.
- Center for Applied Special Technology
- Computer Arts
- Connected Mathematics 2
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Delicious
- Diigo
- Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
- Edcheckup
- EdProgress
- Educational Games for High School Students
- Free Autism Games
- Free Printable Behavior Charts
- FreeReading
- FunBrain.com
- Fun With Words, Rebus Puzzles
- Global Gateway
- Home School Math: Fraction Games and Tutorials Online
- Interactivate Activities
- Internet 4 Classrooms, Virtual Field Trips for the Classroom or Home
- Intervention Central
- Kidspiration
- Learning.com EasyTech
- Livescribe
- Matching or Ordering Exercise
- Motivate
- MouseTrial Autism Software
- Multiple Intelligences: Assessment
- Music Room
- National Center on Response to Intervention
- National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities
- NCES Kids’ Zone: Create a Graph
- NIEHS Sing-Along-Songs
- PBS Kids
- Play Kids Games
- Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services
- Quiz Hub
- Read Naturally
- RTI Action Network
- Rubrics for Teachers
- Scholastic Flashcard Maker
- Shambles Study Skills
- Songs for Teaching
- Story It, Picture Prompt Story Starters
- Students of the World
- Study Island
- Teach All Kids
- Teacher Lingo
- Teacher Magazine: Teacher Blogs
- Teaching History With Technology, "Using Film Clips in the Classroom—United Streaming”
- Teachnology: Free Language Arts Worksheets
- TechSmith, Jing
- Time for Kids
- Time to Know
- Tramline Virtual Field Trips
- Tux Paint
- Video Conferencing Guide, "A Look at Some of the Benefits That Can Be Achieved by Using Video Teleconferencing in Schools”
- What Works Clearinghouse
- Wilson Language Training
- WiredSafety, Internet 101
- Wrightslaw, "What You Need to Know About IDEA 2004”
Chapter 3
- About.com, “Physically Handicapped Students”
- About.com: “Special Education”
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- American Foundation for the Blind
- American Society for Deaf Children
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America
- ASLPro.com
- The Association for the Gifted
- Autism Society
- Autism Speaks
- Brain Injury Association of America
- Bright Solutions for Dyslexia, Inc.
- CAST, “Differentiated Instruction and Implications for UDL Implementation”
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- Children and Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Children’s Disability Lists of Lists
- Children’s Disability List of Support Groups and Listservs
- Coalition for Community Schools
- Don Johnston
- Dyscalculia.org: Math Learning Disability Resource
- Epilepsy Foundation
- Executive Dysfunction
- Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
- Franklin Electronic Publishers
- Handwriting Without Tears
- Hearing Loss Association of America
- Inclusion Research Institute
- The International Dyslexia Association
- International OCD Foundation
- Internet Mental Health
- K12 Academics: Students With Dyscalculia
- KidsHealth: Auditory Processing Disorder
- LDinfo
- LeadScape
- Learning Disabilities Association of America
- Mental Health America
- National Association for Gifted Children
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS)
- Orton-Gillingham Institute for Multi-Sensory Education
- PACER Center
- Parents Reaching Out
- Posit Science, Brain Games
- Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
- SchoolBehavior.com
- Schwab Foundation
- Speechville Express
- Support Group for Children With Autism, Asperger’s, and PDD
- The Arc
- Think College! College Options for People With Intellectual Disabilities
- Tourette Syndrome Association
- Uniquely Gifted: Resources for Gifted Children With Special Needs
- United Cerebral Palsy
- University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning, “Strategic Instruction Model”
Chapter 4
- Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, “Living Well With a Psychiatric Disability in Work and School”
- Council for Exceptional Children
- IRIS Center, “Using Learning Strategies: Instruction to Enhance Student Learning”
- Let Them Hear Foundation
- National Center for Education Statistics
- National Council for the Social Studies
- National Council of Teachers of English
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- National Science Teachers Association
- ReadWriteThink Letter Generator
- RubiStar
- US Department of Education, OSEP Ideas That Work
- What Works Clearinghouse
Chapter 5
- Academic Therapy Publications
- Activities for ESL/EFL Students
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Benchmark Education
- Books on Tape
- Center for Applied Special Technology
- Clip Art for Teachers
- Curriculum Associates
- Dave’s ESL Café
- English Language Learners: A Policy Research Brief Produced by the National Council of Teachers of English
- everythingESL, “Elementary Web Sites for English Language Learners”
- Eye Can Learn
- Firelight Books
- FunBrain.com
- Games for Kids in The Stacks
- Google Docs
- The International Dyslexia Association
- Jolly Learning
- Kamishibai for Kids
- KidPix
- myRebus
- National Council of Teachers of English
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NINDS Dyslexia Information
- Orton-Gillingham Academy
- Paragraph Punch
- PECS.com
- Project Read
- Reading Rockets
- Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
- Surfnetkids, Rebus Stories
- Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University
- Teacher Tap
- The Write Track
- ToonUniversity
- Visual Dictionary Online
- Wilson Language Training
- Wizcom Text Solutions
- Word Central
- WritingFix
- ManyThings.org
Chapter 6
- The Access Center
- Aplus Math
- BrainPOP: Math
- BrainPOP Jr.: Math
- Discalculia.org: Math Learning Disability Resource
- Everyday Mathematics
- Foundations for Success: The Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel
- FunBrain.com: Math Arcade
- Geometer’s Sketchpad
- Illuminations
- Illuminations Fraction Model
- Illuminations Tessellations Creator
- KidSites.com: Math
- Mathematics Education, Math Education Organizations
- Math Fact Café for K–12
- Math Forum at Drexel University
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Curriculum Focal Points
- National Research Council, Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics
- Otter Creek Institute
- Pearson Prentice Hall Connected Mathematics 2
- RAND Mathematics Study Panel, Mathematical Proficiency for All Students
- SingaporeMath.com
- TouchMath
- BrainPOP
- BrainPOP Espanol
- BrainPOP Jr.
- Facing History and Ourselves
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
- fossils-facts-and-finds.com, “Teaching History’s Big Picture”
- Gamequarium.com: Science
- Gamequarium.com: Social Studies
- Inspiration Software, Inc.
- Kids.gov: Social Studies
- Kidspiration
- Library of Congress
- National Council for the Social Studies
- National Council for the Social Studies: Thematic Strands
- National Geographic for Kids
- National Science Teachers Association
- Newseum
- Online Learning Haven
- PrimaryGames: Science
- PrimaryGames: Social Studies
- Scholastic Flashcard Maker
- School Time Games: Science
- School Time Games: Social Studies
- Science Resources for Teachers
- Science Teacher Resources
- Science Vocabulary Hangman
- Social Studies for Kids: Fun and Games
- Teach With Movies
- Terrific Science
- Text 2 Mind Map
- Think Earth Environmental Education Foundation
- Activities for Kinesthetic Learners
- American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
- American Art Therapy Association
- American Music Therapy Association
- American Physical Therapy Association
- Brain Breaks
- Children’s Music Web
- KIDiddles Learning Songs
- MENC: National Association for Music Education
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMa): Modern Teachers
- Musicians United for Songs in the Classroom
- Music Room, Language Arts Songs
- National Institute of Art & Disabilities Art Center
- National Theatre of the Deaf
- PE Central
- Periodic Table Elements Song
- Rock ‘N Learn
- Songs for Teaching
- Special Needs in Music
- TeacherArtExchange
- Teachers & Educators of Art Material
- VSA, The International Organization on Arts and Disability
- Annenberg Media Interactives: Renaissance
- BrainPOP
- BrainPOP Jr.
- Community Discovered, Unit Plan Search
- Discovery Education’s Puzzlemaker
- Exploratorium
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Education Place
- Kristallnacht Order
- “Life in the Warsaw Ghetto” by Emanuel Ringelbaum in Yad Vashem Documents
- Nourish Interactive
- ProTeacher Directory
- Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 36 Questions About the Holocaust
- Teacher Planet
- TeAch-nology Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans
- Chalkdust101
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Education Week
- Educational Leadership
- In Practice
- Intervention Central
- Reality 101
- Support Blogging
- The Line
- Association on Higher Education and Disability
- HEATH Resource Center
- Inclusion Research Institute
- Job Accommodation Network
- MAPS Making Action Plans
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
- National Coalition of Parent Centers, IDEA
- National Council on Independent Living
- NCCRESt Collaborative Leadership Teams
- PATH: Planning Alternative Tomorrows With Hope
- Think College! Postsecondary Education Options for Students With Intellectual Disabilities
- Wrights Law, “Transition, Transition Services, Transition Planning”
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11