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Inclusion Strategies and Interventions, Second Edition
In a world filled with diverse students, inclusive education is more important than ever. Rely on the second edition of this user-friendly guide to help you provide a strong learning path for all students in your classroom, with a focus on special needs. The resource includes powerful new strategies, updated best practices, and the latest research to propel your efforts in cultivating inclusive classrooms.
Benefits
- Recognize the necessity of inclusion in learning environments and the legal aspects of inclusion in education.
- Gain a foundational understanding of the varied students and diverse learners who inhabit today’s classrooms.
- Learn how to strengthen your inclusive, diverse classroom by building collaborative partnerships with co-teachers, special educators, inclusion coaches, and administrators.
- Explore methods of inclusion across a spectrum of subjects and teaching strategies, as well as how to involve parents and students in the collaborative learning process.
- Deepen your understanding of the impact social-emotional learning (SEL) has on academic performance.
- Understand how to organize a multitiered system of support (MTSS) in inclusive classrooms.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part 1: Promoting Learning in the Inclusion Classroom
Chapter 1: Understanding the Inclusion Classroom
Chapter 2: Organizing for Instruction
Chapter 3: Addressing Students’ Needs
Chapter 4: Using Embedded Assessments, Accommodations, and Individualized Data
Part 2: Applying Strategies for Effective Curriculum Practice
Chapter 5: Implementing Inclusion Strategies for Literacy and Communication
Chapter 6: Implementing Inclusion Strategies for Mathematics
Chapter 7: Implementing Inclusion Strategies for Social Studies and Science
Chapter 8: Implementing Inclusion Strategies for Art, Music, Physical Education, and Life Skills
Chapter 9: Using an Interdisciplinary Thematic Approach
Chapter 10: Developing Transitional Plans
Part 3: Maintaining the Inclusion Classroom
Chapter 11: Practicing Professional Collaboration
Chapter 12: Honoring Inclusion
Appendix A: Acronyms for the Inclusion Classroom
Appendix B: Legal Aspects of Inclusion
STUDY GUIDE
PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 1
- Figure 1.1: Reflecting on Inclusion Domains
- Table 1.1: Bibliotherapy to Increase Disability Awareness
- Figure 1.2: My Self-Regulation Chart
- Figure 1.3: Daily or Weekly Reflection on Class and School Expectations
- Figure 1.4: My Resolutions for Making Me a Better Me
Chapter 2
- Figure 2.2: Elementary and Secondary Station Exit Card Examples
- Figure 2.5: Collaborative Team Meeting and Agenda Notes
- Show What You Know
- MTSS Planning
- Progress Monitoring
Chapter 3
- Figure 3.3: Collaboratively Supporting Learners in a Classroom Scenario
- Figure 3.4: Co-Teaching Challenges and Solutions
- Inclusion Educator Checklist
- Inclusion Classroom Checklist
- Ideal Versus Pseudo Inclusion
- Sponge Activities
Chapter 4
- Table 4.1: Accommodations and Modifications in the Classroom
- Figure 4.3: Supporting Student Access to Assessments
- My Lesson Plan
Chapter 5
- Figure 5.4: Effective Literacy Steps for Inclusion Classrooms
- Figure 5.5: Inclusion Reading Strategies
- Early Literacy Skills
- Letters Mastery
- Story Element Planner
- Story Frame
- Transitional Words List for Primary Grades
- Transitional Words List for Secondary Grades
- Sensory Words List for Primary Grades
- Sensory Words List for Secondary Grades
- Writing for an Audience
Chapter 6
- Figure 6.2: Inclusion Mathematics Strategies
- Mathematics Interview Assignment
- Living Mathematics Through Sports
- Living Mathematics Through Cooking
- Living Mathematics Through Shopping
- Living Mathematics Through Eating Out
Chapter 7
- Figure 7.8: Inclusion Social Studies Strategies
- Figure 7.9: Inclusion Science Strategies
- PEP Activity
- Enlightening Details Activity
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
- Lesson or Unit Review
- Inclusion Professional Development Follow-Up
- Collaboration Checklist
- Co-Teaching Planner
Chapter 12
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Books
- Buffum, A., Mattos, M., & Malone, J. (2018). Taking Action: A Handbook for RTI at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., Many, T. W., & Mattos, M. (2016). Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (3rd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Karten, T. J. (2017). Developing Effective Learners: RTI Strategies for Student Success. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Karten, T. J. (2017). Navigating the Core Curriculum: RTI Strategies to Support Every Learner. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Wiliam, D. (2018). Embedded Formative Assessment (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
Websites
Chapter 1
- Alvernia University, “5 Assistive Technology Tools That Are Making a Difference”
- Be Kind Online
- Boardmaker
- Book Creator
- CASEL, “What is SEL?”
- CAST
- Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
- Common Sense Education, “Top Assistive Technology for Speech Difficulties”
- Edutopia, “Differentiated Instruction”
- IEP Collaborative Planner
- Know Your Classmates
- National Education Association, “Research Spotlight on Peer Tutoring”
- No One Eats Alone
- ReadWriteThink, “Comic Creator”
- RTI Action Network, “What’s Your Plan? Accurate Decision Making Within a Multi-Tier System of Supports: Critical Areas in Tier 1”
- Scribblitt
- Student Guide, “Effective Learning Strategies”
- The Tech Edvocate, “Assistive Technology to Help Students With Articulation Disorder Succeed Academically”
- Toby J. Karten, “Inclusion Principles”
- U.S. Department of Education, “Individualized Education Program”
Chapter 2
- Abraham Lincoln Online, “The Gettysburg Address”
- Book Creator
- Conjugation.org
- Glogster
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, “Go Math!”
- Invirtua
- Kahoot!
- Livescribe Smartpens
- Mentimeter
- MouseTrial
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, “Classroom Resources”
- Pear Deck
- Pearson, aimswebPlus
- Piktochart, “Design Stunning Posters”
- Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology
- Quizlet
- ReadWorks
- Rewordify.com
- Scribblitt
- Storyboard That
- Study Island
- Talk to Me Technologies, “Proloquo2Go”
- Teach-nology, “Language Arts Worksheets”
- Teacher Planet, “Rubrics for Teachers”
- Tes Blendspace
- Text Compactor
- Varsity Tutors, “Practice With Word Roots”
- Vocabulary Spelling City
- Voki
- Wakelet
- WebQuest Template
- WestEd, “Doing What Works”
- Wikki Stix
- Wilson Language Training
- Zunal
- Zunal, “European Explorers”
- Zunal, “Search WebQuests”
Chapter 3
- ADDitude
- ADDitude, “What Is Dyscalculia? Math Learning Disability Overview”
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- American Council of the Blind
- American Foundation for the Blind
- American Society for Deaf Children
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, “Understanding Auditory Processing Disorders in Children”
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America
- Apraxia Kids
- The Arc
- Association for the Gifted
- Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training, “Inclusive Technologies: Physical Disability”
- Autism Society of America
- Autism Society of North Carolina, “Social Narratives”
- Autism Speaks
- Brain Injury Association of America
- Bright Solutions for Dyslexia
- Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, “Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence”
- Child Mind Institute
- Child Mind Institute, “Twice-Exceptional Kids: Both Gifted and Challenged”
- Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, “Executive Function Skills”
- Class Dojo
- Disabled World, “Physical and Mobility Impairments”
- Ditch That Textbook, “Google Slides Interactive Notebooks + 20 Activities to Fill Them”
- Do2Learn
- Don Johnston
- Dyscalculia.org
- EasyCBM
- Epilepsy Foundation
- Funbrain, “Math Baseball”
- Handspeak
- Hearing Loss Association of America
- Institute for Multi-Sensory Education
- International Dyslexia Association
- International OCD Foundation
- Internet Mental Health
- Kahoot!
- Khan Academy
- Kids Health, “Auditory Processing Disorder”
- LDinfo
- Learning Abled Kids, “Assistive Technology for Dysgraphia and Writing Disabilities”
- Learning Ally
- Learning Disabilities Association of America
- Learning Without Tears
- Mental Health America
- National Association for Gifted Children
- National Association for Gifted Children, “Twice-Exceptional Students”
- National Center on Disability and Journalism, “Disability Organizations”
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- National Council for Special Education, “Physical Disabilities”
- National Eye Institute
- National Federation of the Blind
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, “Apraxia of Speech”
- National Institute of Mental Health
- PE Central, “Differentiating Instruction for Students with Disabilities”
- Pearson, “aimwebPlus”
- Plickers
- Quizlet
- Rewordify.com
- TeachLivE
- Think College
- This Reading Mama, “Books for Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies”
- Tourette Association of America
- Understood
- Wisc-Online, “Game Builder”
- Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity
- YouTube
Chapter 4
- Best Evidence Encyclopedia
- Blabberize
- Freerice
- Google Classroom
- IDEAS That Work, “Evidence-based Practices in Instruction”
- IRIS Center
- National Center on Intensive Intervention, “Academic Intervention Tools Chart”
- National Center on Intensive Intervention, Phonics Inventory
- News-2-You
- ReadWriteThink, “Letter Generator”
- Rewordify.com
- RubiStar
- Text Compactor
- What Works Clearinghouse
- Zunal
Chapter 5
- CommonLit
- CommonLit, “Can Students Hear Text and Questions Read Aloud?”
- CommonLit, “The Library”
- Engadget, “Google Makes Its Screen Reader Easier to Use on Chromebooks”
- Flocabulary
- Freeology
- GoNoodle
- Library of Congress, Read.gov, “Kids”
- Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online
- News-2-You
- Newsela
- Pics4Learning
- Project Read
- Quizlet, “Flashcards”
- Read & Write for Google Dictionary
- ReadWorks
- Smithsonian Tween Tribune
- Starfall
- Storyline Online
- University of Oregon’s Youth Transition Program
- What Works Clearinghouse, Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies
- Wilson Language Training, “Wilson Reading System”
Chapter 6
- CEEDAR Center, “Learning Resources”
- Education Closet, “STEAM Resources for Any Classroom”
- Fact Monster
- Flocabulary
- Geometer’s Sketchpad
- Illuminations
- Illuminations, “E-Examples”
- Illuminations, “Interactive Highlights”
- MashUp Math, “10 Awesome End of Year Math Project Ideas”
- Math Games
- Math Playground
- National Center on Intensive Intervention, “Search Math”
- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
- Super Teacher Worksheets, “Printable Hundred Charts”
- TouchMath
- Varsity Tutors, “Aplus Math”
- Web Sudoku
Chapter 7
- AdLit.org
- Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy for Thinking, “Inclusive Classroom”
- BrainPOP, “Scientific Method”
- Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Levels
- Ducksters, “The Scientific Method”
- Freeology
- Home Science Tools, “Scientific Method for Grades K–12”
- Inspirations.com
- Karin K. Hess: Hess’ Cognitive Rigor Matrix
- Khan Academy, “The Scientific Method”
- Learning Works for Kids, “Kidspiration”
- Mystery Doug
- The New York Times, “What’s Going On in This Picture?”
- Next Generation Science Standards, “The Standards”
- Text2MindMap
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
- BrainPOP
- BrainPOP Jr.
- Discovery Education, “Puzzlemaker”
- Exploratorium, “Modeling the Seasons”
- Google Docs
- Inspiration
- Jewish Virtual Library, “36 Questions About the Holocaust (#1–18)”
- Jewish Virtual Library, “Holocaust Ghettos: The Warsaw Ghetto”
- Jewish Virtual Library, “Kristallnacht Order”
Chapter 10
- Animoto
- Association on Higher Education and Disability
- CareerOneStop
- Checkbook HD, “Guide”
- CustomGroceryChecklist.com
- Moovly
- My Next Move
- Remind
- Think College, “An Overview of Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary (CTP) Programs”
- VirtualJobShadow
- WeVideo
