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Inclusive Classrooms: From Access To Engagement
Inclusive Classrooms: From Access To Engagement
Occasional Paper Series
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Life In Inclusive Classrooms: Storytelling With Disability Studies In Education
Life In Inclusive Classrooms: Storytelling With Disability Studies In Education
Occasional Paper Series
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"See, Two Yellows Make A Rectangle!": Constructing Meaningful, Emergent Learning Moments In A Structured Special Education Program, Lucy Bayer
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This paper explores the relationship between emergent, child-driven learning and the structured curricula of a special education program. Relying on current research and theory as driving forces, the author designed and implemented a series of math lessons with a small group of kindergarten students in a self-contained, special-education setting. The paper begins in narrative form, detailing the author’s journey to her current line of inquiry. Empirical research and educational theory about both emergent, child-driven learning and math instruction are then summarized. The following two chapters chronicle the author’s work with her students. These chapters are presented as both narrative documentation …
Rethinking "Those Kids" : Lessons Learned From A Novice Teacher's Induction Into In/Exclusion, Louis Olander
Rethinking "Those Kids" : Lessons Learned From A Novice Teacher's Induction Into In/Exclusion, Louis Olander
Occasional Paper Series
Argues for reframing inclusionary practices as pedagogies for equity that attend to the intersectional dynamics of race, class, and disability. He also encourages more local control over the implementation of inclusionary classroom practices.
From Access To Interaction, Daniel Atkins
From Access To Interaction, Daniel Atkins
Occasional Paper Series
Atkins calls on educators to see beyond access to identify “core moments” for child-centered experiential learning in inclusion classrooms. He warns that “[t]he process of scaffolding the child’s inclusion in the activities or interactions of the day can too often become conflated or confused with the process of scaffolding the child’s physical ability to gain access to those activities or interactions.”
Overcoming Barriers To Coteaching, Seamus O'Connor
Overcoming Barriers To Coteaching, Seamus O'Connor
Occasional Paper Series
Seamus O’Connor, a high school special education teacher, shares a story of bridging a divide. He takes a clear and honest look at the evolution of his relationship with his coteaching partner, Carol. In doing so, he explores themes of equity, trust, and negotiated differences in building a collaborative classroom.
Inclusion: What Came Before, Judith Lesch
Inclusion: What Came Before, Judith Lesch
Occasional Paper Series
Judith Lesch’s firsthand account of her teaching experiences from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s takes us on a journey through the evolving approaches to inclusion.
Front Matter And Introduction, Valentine Burr
Front Matter And Introduction, Valentine Burr
Occasional Paper Series
The writers in this issue of Occasional Papers advocate for models of inclusion that support children’s capabilities and challenge systemic inequities based on ableism and cultural biases. They examine the complex and changing nature of collaboration between general and special educators in inclusion settings. Underlying these essays, though not always explicitly stated, is recognition that the fields of special education and disability studies can deepen and inform each other.
Talking With Symbols, Elizabeth Helfman
Talking With Symbols, Elizabeth Helfman
Thought and Practice: (1987-1991) the Journal of the Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education
Discusses a classroom of seven children with cerebral palsy and the effective communication techniques they learned through the language of symbols.
Racial Disproportionality In Special Education: Causes, Outcomes And Avenues For Change, John Gillies
Racial Disproportionality In Special Education: Causes, Outcomes And Avenues For Change, John Gillies
Graduate Student Independent Studies
In school systems across the United States, disproportionality in special education along racial and ethnic lines is not merely a problem of overrepresentation or underrepresentation, but misrepresentation. African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans are given incorrect diagnoses, disproportionate educational designations, and inappropriate placements. The key factors behind disproportionality include racial bias among educators and other service providers, socio-economic status, substandard early childhood environments, and family composition. Inappropriate special education placements can lead to increased rates of school dropout, poor academic achievement, lower-paying jobs, and juvenile crime. Therefore disproportionality is not a problem confined to the education system, it is of …
The Classroom And Beyond: The Teacher's Role In Collaboration For Children With Emotional And Behavioral Disorders, Sarah Altman
The Classroom And Beyond: The Teacher's Role In Collaboration For Children With Emotional And Behavioral Disorders, Sarah Altman
Graduate Student Independent Studies
While many interventions have been used to help children with emotional and behavioral problems, outcomes for children with emotional and behavioral disturbances continue to be poor. Identifying teachers as essential collateral participants in evidence-based, systems approaches to addressing the needs of children with emotional and behavioral problems, this manual is offered as a guide for members of the education community. Teacher cooperation with empirically supported interventions, interagency collaboration, and programs that accept families as equal partners, have all been clearly supported by research and this collaborative role is discussed in light of relevant literature. Exploring the issues related to emotional …