Inclusion Programs in Schools

Paper Summary:

This paper takes a broad approach to school inclusion with the goal of showing how an inclusion program, when implemented and understood correctly, can work to benefit all students involved, both special and regular education. This paper is aimed at a New York City middle school where the student population is comprised of both general and special education students, including profoundly retarded and autistic students. The author states that the issue of classroom inclusion of students with disabilities is an ongoing pedagogical question and one that remains a controversial subject and attempts to present the points of view of those for and those against.

Outline:
Background
Introduction
The Role of Collaboration
A Broad Definition of Inclusion
Coordinating the Collaboration: The IEP.

From the Paper:

"Collaboration is an essential role in the day-to-day routine of the special educator. In order to provide a well-rounded education to students with disabilities, the special educator must collaborate with various individuals both inside and outside the school environment. For example, the special educator must collaborate with the student with disabilities family and parents. Further, the special educator must collaborate with such colleagues as physical education, music, art and other co-curricular activities. More so, if inclusion is used in any manner, the special education teacher must collaborate with the regular classroom teachers in order to find areas within the regular curriculum where the student with disabilities can participate. (Willis, 2007)"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Gore, M.C. (2003): Successful Inclusion Strategies for Secondary and Middle School Teachers: Keys to Help Struggling Learners Access the Curriculum. SAGE Publications.
• Hardmand, Michael L. (2007): Human Exceptionality: School, Community and Family. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Male, Mary. (2002): Technology for Inclusion: Meeting the Special Needs of All Students. Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
• Nowicki, Stephen and Marshall P. Duke. (1992): Helping the Child Who Doesn't Fit In. Peachtree Publishers.
• Willis, Judy. (2007): Brain-Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

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