3. Inclusion is the full acceptance of all students and leads to a sense of belonging within the school community. Adapted from What is Inclusion pdf FSU Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy

4. ›Inclusive education, according to its most basic definition, means that students with disabilities are supported in chronologically age-appropriate general education classes in their home schools and receive the individualized instruction delineated by their individualized education programs (IEP's) within the context of the core curriculum and general class activities. ›Adapted from What is Inclusion pdf FSU Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy

5. ›Inclusion is an effort to make sure students with disabilities go to school along with their friends and neighbors while also receiving whatever, “individually designed instruction and support” they need to achieve high standards and succeed as learners. Adapted from What is Inclusion pdf FSU Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy

6. Inclusion is not the same as mainstreaming or integration. Mainstreaming attempts to move students from special education classrooms to regular education classrooms only in situations where they are able to keep up with their typically developing peers without specially designed instruction or support. Integration provides only “part- time” inclusion, which prevents the students from becoming full members of the classroom community. Adapted from What is Inclusion pdf FSU Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy

7. Expecting all students to do the same thing, at the same time, in the same way Dumping students into general education classrooms without supports for students and teachers Educators working in isolation Adapted from “From Label to Able” Florida Inclusion Network, 2010

8. Students always grouped by ability Watering down curricula; most students will take the MAP and aim for standard diploma We can’t afford to water down our curriculum and instruction! Adapted from “From Label to Able” Florida Inclusion Network, 2010

9. Everyone

10. Students who did not have access to general education classrooms engaged in tasks related to a standard only 50% of the time. Students who had access to general education classrooms engaged in tasks linked to a standard 90% of the time. Wehmeyer, Lattin, Lapp-Rincker, & Agran ( 2003)

11. Segregated Placement Limits …. access general education curriculum … access to same-age peers without disabilities in general education contexts … interactions with same-age peers in non-instructional, after-school activities … opportunities to learn & practice communication, self-determination, and self-advocacy skills in real- life settings Adapted from “From Label to Able” Florida Inclusion Network, 2010

12. Segregation Can Lead to… 11% are employed full time 66% live in poverty Source: Easter Seals, 2010 50% have friends in the community 54% are not involved in community activities 49% exposed to sexual abuse Source: National Institute on Disability - Harris Poll, 2004; www.nod.org

13. SSD 2012-13: Educational environment for students with Autism, Intellectual Disabilities and Multiple Disabilities *source SSD Placement Data SSD 2012-13: Educational environment for students with Autism, Intellectual Disabilities and Multiple Disabilities *source SSD Placement Data

14. SSD 2012–13: Educational environment for all students with IEPs compared to with students with significant disabilities *source SSD Placement Data SSD 2012–13: Educational environment for all students with IEPs compared to with students with significant disabilities *source SSD Placement Data

15. Attitudes and Beliefs Skill Knowledge Awareness

16. Visionary leadership Collaboration of family members Ownership Key site-based staff to create and maintain partnerships: PR, leadership, coordination, time for planning Adapted from “From Label to Able” Florida Inclusion Network, 2010

17. A Model for Inclusion: School/School District Board Resolution to support Inclusive Schools Week December

18. Inclusion Video Professional Development in Inclusive Education Inclusion Matters! resource guide SSD Facilitators, Effective Practice Specialists and Administrators

19. Questions and Comments