from Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak
& dr. Julie Causton
The Inclusion Blog
Going Down (not up) the Prompting Ladder
Prefer to Watch? Click Here Print The Prompting Ladder Here Paraprofessionals provide critical support to students in inclusive classrooms. And one of the most important skills to learn is how to provide support that is “just right”. Meaning, support that is not...
What To Do When Big Students (and Even Teachers) Have Big Emotions
Prefer to Watch? Click Here Print All the Steps HereEver feel like it’s easier to have compassion and express empathy when a preschooler has a meltdown, but lose your ever-loving mind when a teenager does? Do you ever feel more understanding when your 6 year old...
How to Keep Your Cool When Your Students Lose Theirs
When a student is in a “reactive brain”, or the flight, flight, freeze, or faint brain, we want you to have clear steps to take. Having clarity helps you remain calm, be at your best, and allows you to support the student in need. The steps below are divided into...
Inclusive Alternatives to Behavior Charts
You are a teacher because you are passionate about education and children. Sometimes, however, you will have students with behaviors that challenge you. Although it is seductive to look for quick fixes like behavior charts or using rewards and punishments. Such...
Turning Problems Into Possibilities
Ever find yourself using the precious time you have…admiring the problem and never getting to a solution? Find yourself facing the same problems over and over? For example: We don’t have enough time to co-plan. Others don’t see the importance of inclusion. I spend...
How to Use a Rubber Chicken in Your Classroom
Oftentimes, to create an inclusive classroom we have to be thinking outside the box, or outside of a lot of boxes, so we are sure to include ALL learners. Now with a lot of teaching being done in virtual classrooms, it is even more important to be thinking about...
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION MEANS
we no longer accept that separate classrooms, separate schools, and separate lives are in the best interest of any student. Separating people by ability disadvantages everyone. Belonging is a human need. Our educational system, practices, and spaces, need to be reimagined.
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION MEANS
every student is valued because of their strengths, gifts, and even challenges. As disability is simply… diversity. Everyone benefits from meaningful participation and opportunities to learn grade level content with diverse peers. We must trust that all students come to us as incredible whole people who do not need to be fixed.
