Transformation. Foundations of successful inclusion : Knowing disability -- Teaching for the Disability Rights Movement -- What is best in the American dream. The living tradition of inclusive education practice : Collaboration and co-teaching -- Friendships in the classroom -- Partnerships with parents and families -- Encouraging positive behavior -- Differentiated instruction -- School reform. Narratives of inclusive education struggle and success : A journey into inclusive eduction / Carrie D. Wysocki -- It takes a whole school / Kimberly Millstead -- Using "numbers and narrative" to support inclusive schooling / Meghan Cosier -- "It's always about the kids, not us": successful elementary co-teaching / Zachary Rossetti -- Spilt milk counts: belonging and moving on down the hall / Stacey Hodgins and S. Anthony Thompson -- Inclusive education: a messy and liberating venture / Emily Nusbaum -- "I don't have a special world for her to live in: she has to adapt to this one": on becoming a Renaissance middle schooler / Alicia A. Broderick -- Including Talia: a mother's tale / Kathy Kotel -- Respecting and reaching all learners in English language arts classes: a glimpse into a New York City high school / Fran Bittman, Sarah Bickens, and David J. Connor -- What 20+ years of secondary inclusion has taught us / Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey -- "Now, I'm part of the family [...] well, almost!": family matters for schooling success / John Colin and Srikala Naraian -- On the ethical meaning of human differences: a non-disabled child in inclusive schools / Scot Danforth -- A sense of belonging: student perspectives on inclusive education / Rebecca Brooks -- Including students with developmental disabilities: simple, not easy / Michael F. Giangreco -- Conclusion: old habits, new thinking.
Summary:
Offers educators the guidance and resources to become great inclusive educators by engaging in a powerful process of personal and professional transformation. Inclusive education continues to grow in popularity and acceptance in the United States. But most teachers - general and special educators - are poorly prepared to be successful in inclusive classrooms and schools. undoubtedly, the challenge to professionals involved the acquisition of new knowledge and skills. But inclusion requires far more. it calls upon educators to trouble everything they think they know about disability, to question their deepest ethical commitments, to take up the work of the Disability Rights Movement in the public schools, and to leap headlong into the deepest waters of the rich craft tradition of inclusive teaching.
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