1. Chapter 1 Inclusive Education: An Introduction
ED 315 Inclusive Practices for Students with Learning Problems
Spring 2013

2. Chapter 1 SLO’s History of Education for Students with Special Needs
Identify different Types of Students with Special Needs
Identify the Location of students with disabilities be educated
Understand Views of Inclusion
Identify Dimensions of Inclusive Classrooms

3. HISTORY OF EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
20% of children with disabilities were served in 1970
Options for parents are private educational programs or programs specifically designed for students with disabilities
Students with disabilities whose parents did not have adequate resources, actually stayed home and received no formal education
Residential programs are where intellectual disabilities and sensory deficits students were placed and lived their until the age of 21 years of age.

4. Relative isolation---60 to 70 years of the 20th century
Integration phase ’s
Inclusion phase--- mid 1980’s

5. DEFINING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
It provides the legal basis for the current special education services provided in public schools
Under this act, students with disabilities are defined as those who exhibit on of the several specific conditions that result in their need for special education and related services
Means a child with intellectual disabilities, hearing impairments, speech or language impairments, visual impairments, serious emotional disturbance, orthopedic impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities, and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services.

6. Assignment
-Visual Impairments -Orthopedic Impairments -Other Health Impairments -Autism -Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) -Speech or Language Impairments
Your Assignment will be to present your finds on one of the following disabilities:
Intellectual Disabilities
Learning Disabilities
Emotional Disturbance
Hearing Impairments

7. Students Eligible for Section 504 & the ADA
Impairments that result in substantial limitations of major life activities such as breathing, walking, seeing, hearing, and learning.
Students Classified as Gifted & Talented
Students At Risk for School Problems
-ELL, Poverty, & drug-use

8. Key Elements of IDEA Individualized Education Program (IEP)
IEP Goals and Objectives
Tips for Adapting a Lesson
Least Restrictive Environment: Schools must provide educational services for students with disabilities with their nondisabled peers, in general classroom settings, unless the needs of the child cannot be met there

9. Due-Process Safeguards
Makes parents & schools equal partners
Response to Intervention (RTI)
Provides interventions at different levels
Key Changes in the 2004 Reauthorization of IDEA

10. Compare IDEA, SECTION 504, and ADA
Turn to page 15

11. Where should Students with Disabilities be Educated?
Barriers to Inclusion
Inclusive Education
General education setting
Organizational barriers
Attitudinal barriers
Knowledge barriers

12. Role of Classroom Teachers in the Inclusion Model
Act as a team member on assessment and IEP committees
Advocating for children with disabilities when they are in general education classrooms and in special programs
Counseling and interacting with parents of students with disabilities

13. Role of Classroom Teachers in the Inclusion Model, cont.
Individualizing instruction for students with disabilities
Understanding and abiding by due-process procedures required by federal state regulations
Being innovative in providing equal educational opportunities for all students, including those with disabilitie

14. Role of Special Education Personnel in the Inclusion Model
Supportive Role
RTI Model: Key consultant assisting with planning, implementation of interventions across the continuum of education
Work directly with the classroom teacher

15. Perceptions of Inclusion
General education teachers play a very critical role in providing services to students with disabilities
Attitudes of classroom teachers are important in the quality of services for students with disabilities
Most classroom teachers are supportive of an inclusion model
Parental support for inclusion is important for its ultimate success

16. Critical Dimensions of Inclusive Classrooms
Sense of Community and Social Acceptance
Appreciation of Student Diversity
Attention to Curricular Needs
Effective Management and Instruction
Successful Classroom Management
Effective Instructional Techniques
Appropriate Accommodative Practices
Instructional Flexibility
Personnel Support and Collaboration

17. Chapter 2 Professional Collaboration & Home-School Collaboration
ED 315 Inclusive Practices for Students with Learning Problems
Spring 2013

18. SLO’s Understand how to create Professional Collaboration
Describe how to Create & Maintain an Inclusive Classrooms
Describe how to plan for Successful Inclusion One Student at a time
Understand Families and children with disabilities
Understand Home-School Collaboration
Describe Home-based intervention

19. Professional Collaboration
Collaboration-Consultation
General and special educators
Co-Teaching
An instructional efforts and responsibilities for students with disabilities included in a general education classroom
Cooperative Teaching Arrangements
See table 2.2, p. 37
Using Paraprofessionals

20. Creating & Maintaining Inclusive Classrooms
Preparing Staff for Inclusion
Exposure to Good inclusive classrooms
Information and skills needed
Preparing Students for Inclusion
Awareness Programs
Discussions
Imaginative literature
Guest speakers
Simulations

21. Maintaining Effective Inclusive Classrooms
Collaborative problem solving
Support program for teachers
Support program that provides valid information and assistance
Support must disassociate from evaluation or judgment
Support programs should not create additional problems or increase stress

22. Planning for Successful Inclusion One Student at a Time
What are some ways you can…
Collaborate with Families of Students with Disabilities
Cultural Considerations
Impact on Siblings
Parental Support

23. Home-School Collaboration
What are some ways you can communicate with parents?
(Think-Pair-Share)

24. Home-Based Intervention
Provide Reinforcement & Encouragement
Provide Instructional Support

25. Wrap-Up
On a scale from 1-5 (5 being the highest), my understanding of the content is…. (explain why…)