Full Description
The Everyday Inclusion Toolkit is designed to support educators working with students with disabilities in general education settings. Unlike other texts that emphasize legal requirements, disability classifications, or broad service-delivery frameworks, this book prioritizes foundational classroom practices that benefit all students while being particularly supportive of students with disabilities. It underscores the importance of inclusive learning environments that recognize and respond to students' diverse backgrounds, identities, and learning needs.
The book emphasizes the fundamental strategies that offer the most potential for general education teachers in inclusive classrooms. By focusing on the rationale for inclusive practices and their day-to-day implementation, the book demystifies special education and empowers general educators to confidently support all learners.
Contents
Preface
SECTION 1: Background to Inclusive Education
Chapter 1. Introduction: What is special education?
Chapter 2. The Special Education Process
Chapter 3. Multi-tiered Systems of Support
Chapter 4. Co-Teaching: The Basic Concepts
SECTION 2: Strategies that work for all, but are especially needed for students with disabilities included in general education classrooms
Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Explicit Instruction
Chapter 6. Fundamentals of Classroom Management
Chapter 7. Low-Intensity Behavioral Strategies
Chapter 8. Low-Intensity Academic Instructional Strategies
SECTION 3: Other Considerations
Chapter 9. Supporting Students with Disabilities in Inquiry-based Classrooms
Chapter 10. Supporting Students with Disabilities in Specials: Art, Music, and P.E.
Chapter 11. Supporting a Broad Range of Disabilities: Embracing Neurodiversity in the Classroom
Index
About the Authors
