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.
IEP Supports
Explore our family resources to get prepared to advocate for an inclusive IEP that reflects your whole child and provides them with access to general education settings, peers, effective supports and services, and meaningful goals.
FREE GUIDE:
5 Strategies for Ensuring an Inclusive Placement for Your Child
- Download Achieving Inclusion: 5 Strategies for Ensuring an Inclusive Placement for Your Child by Dr. Causton, Dr. Kate. MacLeod, Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, and Dr. Christi Kasa
- An incredible legal resource to help you advocate for inclusive education for your child
- A Summary of Critical Inclusion Legal Cases
FREE CHECKLIST:
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- Effective strategies to try before even considering a pull-out setting
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- A must-have checklist for every IEP meeting!
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Topics You Do Not Want to MISS:
Your go-to source for making inclusion a reality.
Whether you’re a school leader, educator, advocate, paraprofessional, parent, or simply passionate about creating inclusive schools, this podcast is for you.
- Meaningful IEPs: Quality Over Quantity
- Fading Paraprofessional Support
- Why Behavior Charts Fail Our Students
- The Recipe for Real Inclusion
- Understanding LRE (mistakes made by most)
More Resources
Below are videos, articles, handouts, books, and courses created by us, inclusive education experts, self-advocates, families, and real life educators who are doing the work of inclusion every day. Explore, share, and use them to inspire your school team about the possibilities for inclusive education for your child.
LGBTQ+
Inclusion In Action
- Watch inclusive educators in action at Dr. William W. Henderson's Inclusion School, a public school near Boston, MA [YouTube]
- Watch this short documentary by filmmaker and inclusive advocate, Dan Habib, about Thasya Lungkewas, 8, who thrives in an inclusive education setting at Maple Wood Elementary School in Somersworth, NH [Vimeo]
Self-Advocates
Paraprofessionals
- Download our helpful handout 140 Ways paras can support your child virtually [pdf]
- Read Dr. Causton's article all about effective inclusive paraprofessional support [pdf]
- Get our NEW edition of The Paraprofessional's Handbook for Effective Support in Inclusive Classrooms [link]
- Share or gift our amazing on-demand course for Paraprofessionals [link]
What Our Families
are Saying
“Inclusive Schooling gave me so many tools to help me to advocate! We used to go into my daughter’s IEP meeting thinking they would just tell us the plan for the year… I would listen and leave. Now we participate in the meetings, I am not afraid to ask for what [my daughter] deserves. Her life has dramatically changed…for the better in school and out!! Thank You!!!””
We have been learning from Inclusive Schooling since our daughter was in primary school. Our daughter wouldn't be who she is without them, and we couldn't be more grateful that their work is now more accessible to districts than ever!
The chair of the IEP meeting said, “We have reached a standstill…” She looked at us and said, “Unless you have any ideas, I don’t think we can make this happen this year.” I got out that list of supports and services and said… “I do have several ideas about how to make this happen.” At first you could have heard a pin drop, and then the team rolled up their sleeves and began to brainstorm… using the list. It became a question of HOW, not IF. And once we passed IF… With the right resources the teachers had no trouble with the how. Thank you for these resources!”
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Looking for more resources: The Nation Down Syndrome Society and Down Syndrome Education International have published a resource for enhancing inclusive education for students with Down syndrome. Down Syndrome: Guidelines for Inclusive Education aims to improve the development and educational outcomes for individuals with Down syndrome from birth to adult life by providing educators, therapists, early interventionists, parents, and school districts with a guide to evidence-based practices. Download here.
Steps for responding to big emotion
4 Steps for Dealing with Challenging Behavior – Learn what to do (and what not to do) when students have big emotions in this FREE resource.
12 Steps to Closing Life Skills Rooms so you can open possibilities for your students!
We promise every student in your life skills room can experience and achieve much more when included with this free resource:
- Discover the steps to shift staff away from outdated practices
- Explore strategies that honor students' abilities and rights
- Learn about scheduling approaches that prioritize student well-being and academic success
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free resource
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