Successful Inclusion Practical Strategies for a Shared Responsibility

Summary: For courses in Inclusion/Mainstreaming. Written in a user-friendly tone, this book's powerful combination of versatility, practicality, and a positive message offers solid help as well as useful perspectives for those challenged to provide educational opportunities in inclusive settings. Based on the philosophy that inclusion is good for all children, this text is unique in the sense that it places the primary respon...sibility for successful inclusion on general education teachers and administrators, not special education teachers. It provides numerous practical tools that help students examine their own attitudes and beliefs about inclusion, and provides tools they can use in teaching to apply inclusion principles as well as strategies to overcome the barriers to inclusion. [read more]