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    The Educator's Handbook for Inclusive School Practices

    by Julie Causton Ph.D., Chelsea P. Tracy-Bronson


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    • ISBN-13: 9781598579253
    • Publisher: Gail Byrd
    • Publication date: 07/02/2015
    • Edition description: New Edition
    • Sales rank: 133,711
    • Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

    Julie Causton, Ph.D., is an expert in creating and maintaining inclusive schools. She is an associate professor in the Inclusive Special Education Program at Syracuse University. She teaches courses on inclusion, differentiation, special education law and collaboration. Her published works have appeared in such journals as Exceptional Children, TEACHING Exceptional Children, Journal of Research in Childhood Education, International Journal of Inclusive Education, Behavioral Disorders, Studies in Art Education, and Equity and Excellence in Education. Julie also works with schools and districts directly to help to create truly inclusive schools.

    Chelsea Tracy-Bronson, M.A., is a former elementary educator who has focused her career on bringing inclusive opportunities to all. She is an Assistant Professor in the Special Education Program at Stockton University. She has a master's degree from Teacher's College at Columbia University and is in the Special Education doctorate program at Syracuse University. She works with districts and schools to redesign services to create inclusive special education and related service provision. Her research and professional interests include curriculum design that allows access for all, differentiating instruction, educational technology, supporting students with significant disabilities in inclusive classrooms, and inclusive related service provision.

    Cheryl M. Jorgensen is Research Associate Professor and Project Coordinator with the Institute on Disability, a University Affiliated Program at the University of New Hampshire, Durham. Since 1985, she has worked with New Hampshire schools to help them increase their commitment and capacity to include students with disabilities within the mainstream of general education. More recently, her research and systems change efforts have focused on the inclusion of students with disabilities within school reform efforts, especially at the high school level. She was Editor of the Equity and Excellence newsletter and is a coauthor of Including Students with Severe Disabilities in Schools (Singular Publishing Group, 1994) and author of numerous chapters on inclusive curriculum design.

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    Table of Contents

    About the Forms
    About the Authors
    Foreword (Cheryl M. Jorgensen)
    Preface
    Acknowledgments

    1. The General and Special Educator
    2. Inclusive Education
    3. Special Education
    4. Rethinking Students: Presuming Competence
    5. Collaborating with Others: Working within a Team
    6. Providing Academic Supports
    7. Providing Behavioral Supports
    8. Providing Social Supports: Standing Back
    9. Supporting and Supervising Paraprofessionals
    10. Supporting You, Supporting Them: Caring for Yourself

    References
    Index

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    As more K-12 schools move toward inclusion, how can general and special educators work together to create warm, welcoming classrooms where all students learn and belong? Discover practical answers in this friendly, down-to-earth teacher's guide. Filled with ready-to-use teaching tips, insights from inclusive educators, and examples that relate directly to everyday classroom experiences, this book will help general and special educators collaborate effectively and build a great "toolbox" of strategies to support all learners within inclusive classrooms. With this highly motivating guidebook close at hand, new and seasoned educators will create engaging, exciting, and joyful inclusive classrooms that support social and academic success for all.

    STRATEGIES THAT HELP TEACHERS:

    • ensure that all students have access to the general education curriculum in the least restrictive environment
    • presume competence and recognize every student's unique strengths
    • meet students' individual learning needs with differentiated lessons and innovative academic supports
    • team up and collaborate with other educators and professionals to make the most of everyone's expertise
    • distinguish an IEP from a 504 plan, and develop and implement both appropriately
    • support students who have behavior challenges with a classroom-wide positive behavior support system
    • promote academic and social inclusion in the classroom and in recreational spaces, from the playground to the lunchroom
    • supervise the important work of paraprofessionals
    • avoid burnout with self-care strategies and stress-busters

    PRACTICAL RESOURCES: Planning tools and checklists to help you identify student strengths, develop IEPs, plan lessons, strengthen co-teaching, choose modifications and accommodations, and more.

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