INCLUSIVE
TEACHING:INCLUSIVE
TEACHING:
Creating Effective Schools for All Learners
1. TOWARDS
THE CELEBRATION OF DIFFERENCE People
with Disabilities in School and Society.
Welcome!!
PICTURES IN TIME. Shifting Possibilities.
DEALING WITH DIFFERENCE. The Opportunity to Build Community.
WHAT DO WE CALL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND WHY? Labels And
Their Uses.
NO PLACE FOR YOU in our community and it's schools.
FROM INSTITUTION TO SEGREGATED COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS The
first step towards community participation.
TOWARDS COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP Civil rights, inclusion, and self-advocacy.
CALLING FOR SUPPORT. Towards Respect & Community Membership.
2. ENVISIONING
THE INCLUSIVE SCHOOL Schools
that educate all children together well.
WHAT IS WRONG HERE? The Frustrations of Coping With Diverse
Children In a "Factory School."
TOWARDS INCLUSIVE SCHOOLING. A Glimpse of Teaching Practices
That Honor All Children.
RESEARCH AND INCLUSIVE SCHOOLING The effectiveness of inclusive
versus segregated education.
INCLUSIVE TEACHING: Key Elements of Schooling for All Children.
SCHOOL REFORM AND INCLUSIVE SCHOOLSConnecting inclusive education
to school improvement.
VISITING TWO INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS Can this be real?
ONWARD IN OUR JOURNEY. The Sun is High, The Road is Wide.
3. PARTNERING
WITH FAMILIES Building relationships
for learning.
TOWARDS FAMILY CENTERED EDUCATION Building genuine partnerships.
LINK SCHOOL, HOME, AND COMMUNITY LEARNING Resources for learning
and family support.
WELCOME HOME.
4. PLANNING
INSTRUCTION FOR DIVERSE LEARNERS A
framework for inclusive teaching and meeting needs of challenging
students.
DESIGNING & ADAPTING INSTRUCTION FOR LEARNERS OF DIVERSE ABILITIES
Expecting diversity from the beginning.
PLANNING FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. Getting help, services,
and supports.
INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAMS (IEP'S) Referral and planning
for special education services.
MAPS - A STUDENT-CENTERED PLANNING PROCESS Dreams drive the
plan of friends, professionals, and family. OTHER INDIVIDUALIZED
PLANS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS Families and 504 plans.
GETTING STARTED AND GOING ON
5. SUPPORT
AND COLLABORATION Getting help
and building a school community.
INCLUSIVE GROUPING OF CHILDREN FOR SUPPORT Starting with an
inclusive school community.
STUDENTS HELPING STUDENTS The power of peers.
COLLABORATIVE TEAMS Gathering the school community.
SCHOOLWIDE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES Using our resources for
teacher and students.
COLLABORATIVE TEACHING Partnerships for student learning.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH. Building a professional
community of learners.
SUPPORT FOR THE ROAD.
6. THE FOUR
BUILDING BLOCKS OF INCLUSIVE TEACHING Strategies
to reach all students.
HOW DO PEOPLE LEARN? How should we teach?
THE 4 BUILDING BLOCKS OF INCLUSIVE TEACHING. Strategies for
differentiated learning.
STRETCHING OUR TEACHING.
7. STUDENTS
WITH DIFFERING ACADEMIC ABILITIES Best
practices for meeting student needs in heterogeneous classes.
LABEL JARS NOT PEOPLE. Seeing children and people first.
THE 'BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST'. Students People Call 'Gifted
And Talented'.
THEY CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH. Students with Language and Cultural
Differences.
SMART BUT NOT LEARNING. Students with 'Learning Disabilities'.
FROM 'CHRISTMAS IN PURGATORY' TO COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP. Students
with Mental Retardation.
COMING BACK. Students with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
ALONG THE WAY. Our Journey with Differently-Abled Students.
8. EXEMPLARY
ACADEMIC LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS Applying
the 4 building blocks in best instructional practices.
BEST PRACTICES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING Applying the building
blocks of inclusive teaching.
LEARNING SKILLS IN MEANINGFUL CONTEXTS Strategies for including
all.
THEMATIC, INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTRUCTION Organizing instruction
around authentic, meaningful topics.
CLASSROOM WORKSHOP.
AUTHENTIC LEARNING IN THE SCHOOL Linking school to the community.
SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES Heterogeneous groups collaborating for
learning.
REPRESENTING TO LEARN Creating as learning.
REFLECTIVE ASSESSMENT Meaningful demonstrations of learning.
BEST PRACTICES AND ACADEMIC SUBJECTS Multi-level instruction
applied.
MAKING SCHOOLS WORK FOR ALL STUDENTS.
9. ADAPTING
ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION Strategies
for meeting special needs.
AN ECOLOGICAL FOUNDATION FOR ADAPTING INSTRUCTIONMatching students
and instruction.
STEP 1: UNDERSTAND STUDENT NEEDS. Student profiles for planning.
STEP 2: ANALYZE OUR CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT Just how do we teach?
STEP 3: DETERMINE DISCREPENCY BETWEEN STUDENT AND OUR CLASSROOM
ENVIRONMENT What is the real problem?
STEP 4: ADAPT INSTRUCTION TO SOLVE PROBLEM Strategies for learning.
ADAPTATIONS FOR A 5TH GRADER Seeing the whole picture.
LEARNING TO ADAPT.
10. STUDENTS
WITH BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES Reaching
out to maintain and strengthen an inclusive classroom community.
THE WILDEST COLTS MAKE THE BEST HORSES: Attention Deficit Hyperactive
Disorder.
A NICE KID BUT TROUBLING SOMETIMES. Serious Emotional Disturbance.
RAINMAN AND BEYOND. People With Autism.
CHALLENGING KIDS AND TEACHING
11. BUILDING
A COMMUNITY FOR LEARNING Strategies
for strengthening mutual care, support, and celebration.
WHAT IS COMMUNITY? Individual growth thriving with care and
support.
WHY BUILD COMMUNITY IN SCHOOLS? Emotions, relationships, and
learning.
BUILDING A CULTURE OF COMMUNITY IN THE SCHOOL Adults collaborating
and caring.
BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS IN OUR CLASS We value our
differences and help one another.
IN THE END: THE GROWING CIRCLES OF COMMUNITY.
12. MEETING
NEEDS OF STUDENTS WITH CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS Positive strategies for difficult situations.
AN EXAMPLE OF JONATHAN: A Kid Out of Control.
CREATING A POSITIVE, STUDENT-CENTERED APPROACH: Struggling
Against a Culture of Punishment, Rewards, Control, and Segregation.
CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS A call for understanding.
PROACTIVE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES Beyond
punishment and control to choice and care.
IDEA AND BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES What the law says.
MOVING ON TO RESPECT.
13. STUDENTS
WITH DIFFERING COMMUNICATION, PHYSICAL, AND SENSORY ABILITIES
Understanding student needs and
effective strategies.
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Talk matters.
SEVERE & MULTIPLE DISABILITIES Yes, there is someone there.
DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED Beyond isolation and silence.
BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED Seeing a community.
ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIRMENT Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENT From hospital to community.
EMBRACING KIDS WHO LOOK DIFFERENT.
14. DEVELOPING
AN INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Using
space and physical resources to support all students.
THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: A Tool For Learning and Growth.
THE SCHOOL Creating a welcoming place for all.
THE CLASSROOM Designing an inclusive learning community.
THE LOCAL COMMUNITY Local resources for learning.
TOWARDS INCLUSIVE LEARNING PLACES.
15. MAKING
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS AND USING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Tools that extend human capacity and promote learning.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Technology expands
the limitations of all.
MODIFICATIONS TO THE SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT Creating
access.
FUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Using technology
to live and learn.
EMBRACING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
III. LEADING CHANGE.
16. TEACHER
LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION AND CHANGE TOWARD INCLUSIVE SCHOOLING
Creating the schools all children
need.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND: The Challenge Ahead.
THE LESSONS OF SCHOOL CHANGE Not easy but worth the trip.
MOVING TOWARDS INCLUSIVE SCHOOLING: Change Strategies.
TEACHER LEADERSHIP AND ACTION We really can make a difference,
together.
MAKING CONNECTIONS Building a network for growth and change.
ONWARD HO!! Towards Creating Good Schools for ALL.