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Least Restrictive Environment and the Law

Related Services in the Inclusive Classroom

Curriculum and Accommodations

Philosophy

Differentiation of Instruction

Positive Behavioral Support

Collaboration

 

 

 

 

 

Least Restrictive Environment and the Law

Council for Exceptional Children. (1997). IDEA 1997: Let's make it work. Reston,VA, Council for Exceptional Children.

Turnbull, H. R., & Turnbull, A. P. (2000). Free appropriate public education: The law and children with disabilities (6 th Ed.). Denver: Love Publishing.

Kluth, P., Villa, R., and Thousand, J. (2001) “Our school doesn’t offer inclusion” and other legal blunders. Educational Leadership. P. 24.

www.cec-sped.org

www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/Policy/IDEA

www.wrightslaw.com

www.reedmartin.com

www.peakparent.org

Philosophy

Questions, Concerns, Beliefs and Practical Advice about Inclusive Education in Villa, R. and Thousand, J. (1995) Creating an Inclusive School. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Kunc, N. (1992) The Need to Belong: Rediscovering Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. In Villa, et. al., Restructuring for Caring and Effective Education. pp. 486-488.

Schaffner, C. B., & Buswell, B. (1997). Inherently equal: An inclusion action guide for families and educators. Boston: The Federation for Children with Special Needs.

Thousand, R. A., Villa, R. A., 8, Nevin, A. 1. (Eds.) (2002). Creativity and collaborative learning.- The practical guide to empowering students, teachers, and families (2nd Ed.). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

Systems Change

Lipsky, D. K., & Gartner, A. (Eds.). (1997). Inclusion and school reform: Transforming America's schools. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

Roach, V. (1992) Winners All: A Call for Inclusive Schools. Alexandria, VA: National Association of State School Boards of Education.

Roach, V. (1995). Winning Ways: Creating Inclusive Schools, Classrooms and Communities. Alexandria, VA: National Association of State School Boards of Education.

Sapon-Shevin, M., (1996) Full inclusion as disclosing tablet: revealing the flaws in our present system. Theory Into Practice, 35, Ohio State University.

Schurr, S. L. (1995). Prescriptions for success in heterogeneous classrooms. Columbus, OH: National Middle School Association.

Transition

Transition Research Institute at Illinois (TRI), College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 113 Children's Research Center, 51 Gerty Drive, Champaign, IL 61820. Telephone: (217) 333-2325.

www.ed.uiuc-edu/SPED/tri/institute.html

Blalock, G., & Benz, M. (1999). Using community transition teams to improve transition services. Pro-Ed Series on Transition in Austin, TX

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports, Virginia Commonwealth University. (2000). Whose life is it anyway? A look at person-centered planning and transition. Richmond,VA. Author. A selfpaced instructional program on CD. On-line at: www.worksupport.com

Storms, J., O'Leary, E., & Williams, J. (2000). Transition requirements: A guide for states, districts, schools, universities, and families. Minneapolis, MN: Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota.

Related Services in the Inclusive Classroom

Giangreco, M. F., Prelock, P. A., Reid, R. R., Dennis, R. E., & Edelman, S. W. (2000). Role of related services personnel in inclusive schools. In R. A. Villa and J.S. Thousand (Eds.) Restructuring for caring and effective education: Piecing the puzzle together (2nd ed., pp. 360-388). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Merritt, D. and Culatta, B., (1998) Language Intervention in the Classroom, Published by: Singular Publishing Group, Inc. Available from: Barnes and Noble

Rainforth, B., and York-Barr, J. (1997). Collaborative teams for students with severe disabilities: integrating therapy and educational services. Brookes Publishing.

Differentiation of Instruction

Armstrong, T. (2000). Multiple intelligences in the classroom. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Differentiated Instruction- A tool for all students. Video (2001) Produced by the University of the State of New York and The State Education Department.

Gardner, H. (1 983). Frames of mind. New York- Basic Books. Hitchcock, C., Meyer, M., Rose, D., and Jackson, R. (2002) Providing new access to the general curriculum: universal design for learning. Teaching Exceptional Children. CEC

Jensen, E. (1998) Teaching With the Brain in Mind. ASCD. Meyer, A., and Rose, D., (2000) Universal design for individual differences. ASCD.

Sapon-Shevin, M., (1995) Why gifted students belong in inclusive schools. Educational Leadership. ASCD.

Tomlinson, C., (1999) Mapping a route toward differentiated instruction. Educational Leadership, ASCD.

www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/differentiate/planning

www.intel.com/education/unitplans

Curriculum and Accommodations

Bauer, A. M., & Shea, T. M. (1 999). Inclusion 101: How to teach all learners. Baltimore:Paul H. Brookes.

Castagnera, E., Fisher, D., Rodifer, K., & Sax, C. (1998) Deciding what to teach and how to teach it: Connecting students through curriculum and instruction. Colorado Spring: PEAK Parent Center, Inc.

Downing, J. (2000). Including students with severe and multiple disabilities in typical classrooms.- Practical strategies for teachers (2nd Ed.). Baltimore- Paul H. Brookes.

Forest, M. & Lusthaus, E. (1 990). Everyone belongs with the MAPs action planning system.Teaching Exceptional Children, 22, 32-35.

Vaughn, S., Bos, C. S., & Schumm, J. S, (2000). Teaching exceptional, diverse, and at-risk students in the general education classroom (2ndEd.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Wood, J. W. (1998). Adapting instruction to accommodate students in inclusive settings (3rd Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ-. Prentice Hall.

Positive Behavioral Support

Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community, Alfie Kohn Order from: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development 1 800 933- 2723

Jackson, L. and Panyan, M. (2002) Positive Behavioral Support in the Classroom: Principles and Practices. Brookes Publishing.

Sapon-Shevin, Mara (1999) Because We Can Change The World: A Practical Guide To Building Cooperative, Inclusive Classroom Communities. Allyn and Bacon: Boston.

Ways We Want Our Class to Be: Class meetings that build commitment to kindness and learning (1996) Book and video. Developmental Studies Center. (510) 533-0213

Townsend, B., (2000) The Disproportionate Discipline of African American Learners: Reducing School Suspensions and Expulsions. Exceptional Children, 66, p381.

Zero Tolerance: Resisting the drive for punishment in our schools. (2001) Edited by: Ayers, W., Dohrn, B., and Ayers, R. The New Press.

Collaboration

Restructuring for Caring and Effective Education: Piecing the Puzzle Together, (2002) Second Edition Edited by Richard A. Villa, Ed.D., & Jacqueline S. Thousand, Ph.D. Brookes Publishing.

Vaughn, S., Schumm, J., and Arguelles, M., (1997) The ABCDE’s of coteaching. Teaching Exceptional Children. Nov/Dec. 4-9.

Rainforth, B. and England, J. (1997) Collaborations for Inclusion. Education and Treatment of Children. 20 (1), 85-104.

Rainforth, Beverly and England, Jill (2001) Organizing Resources for Collaborative Team Work. In Risko and Bromley, Collaboration for Diverse Learners: Viewpoints and Practices. Published by International Reading Assoc. but Order from: Barnes and Noble

Rudolph, S.M., & Epstein, M.Fl. (2000). Empowering children and families through strength based assessment. Reclaiming Children and Youth, 8(4), 207-209.

Doyle, M., The Paraprofessional’s Guide to the Inclusive Classroom: Working as A Team, Order from: Brookes Publishing, 1 (800) 638 3775

The Power of Two: Making A Difference Through Co-teaching (Tape 3) Featuring Dr. Marilyn Friend and several teams of teachers discuss the practical aspects of teaming as well as demonstrate 6 different types of coteaching arrangements. Order from: National Professional Resources, Inc. 1-800- 453-7461

www.inclusion.com

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