Table of Contents

About the Authors

About the Forms

Acknowledgments

1. Inclusive Education: The Big Picture
• Defining Characteristics of Inclusive Education
• An Organizing Framework for Schoolwide Systems of Student Support
• Improving Your School's Inclusive Practices
2. Curricular and Instructional Practices that Promote the Inclusion and Success of All Students
• Universal Design for Learning and Differentiated Instruction
• Active Learning and Brain-Compatible Learning
• Peer-Mediated Learning Structures
• Learning Strategies
• Graphic Organizers
• Strategies to Increase Active Responding During Whole-Class Lessons
• Collaborative Planning for Diverse Groups of Students
3. A Model for Creating Individualized Adaptations and Supports
• What Is a Model, and Why Is It Necessary?
• Creating Individualized Adaptations and Supports
4. Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Individualized Adaptations and Supports for Students with Extensive Needs
• Step 1: Gather and Share Information About the Student and the Classroom
• Step 2: Schedule Instruction and Supports Across the Day
• Step 3: Plan and Implement Instruction, with Needed Adaptations and Supports
• Step 4: Plan and Implement More Specialized Teaching Strategies
• Step 5: Monitor and Evaluate
5. Including All Students in Instruction in Core Curriculum Areas
• Two Reminders: Start with Effective Teaching and Keep All Students' Goals in Mind
• Reading and Written Language
• Mathematics and Numeracy
• Content Areas and Natural and Social Sciences
• Tests and Testing Procedures
• A Final Note: Do Not Reinvent the Wheel

References

Appendix A: Blank Forms

Appendix B: Resources on Creating Effective Inclusive Schools and Designing Schoolwork for Inclusive Classrooms

Index