A little bit on Inclusion…

A request was made for some information on instructional strategies for inclusion. I hope this helps!

Inclusion is a term used to describe the ideology that each child, to the maximum extent appropriate, should be educated in the school and classroom he or she would otherwise attend. It involves bringing support services to the child (rather than moving the child to the services) and requires only that the child will benefit from being in the class (rather than having to keep up with the other students).

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act does not require inclusion. However, the law does require that children with disabilities must, to the maximum extent appropriate, be educated in the least restrictive environment. IDEA considers the general education classroom to be the least restrictive environment. (Taken from the CEC website)

Some Instructional strategies that may be useful in an inclusive classroom are as follows:

Small Group Instruction                                                                                                                

Building Meaningful Student Connections                                                                               

 Learning Centers

Concrete-Representational-Abstract Sequence of Instruction
Continuous Monitoring/Charting of Student Performance
Explicit Teacher Modeling
Instructional Games
Planned Discovery Activities
Self-Correcting Materials
Scaffolding Instruction
Structured Cooperative Learning Groups
Structured Language Experiences
Structured Peer Tutoring
Teach Concepts/Skills Within Authentic Context
Teach Using Big Math Ideas
Teaching Metacognitive Strategies