Building Inclusive Schools: Tools and Strategies for Success

A valuable tool for implementation of IDEA '97, this book provides a synthesis of best practices in inclusion, and demonstrates that individualized instruction is enhanced, not lost, in supported general education classrooms. The implementation focus of this book underscores its usefulness as a tool for in-training prospective teachers who will work in diverse K-12 classrooms. Strategies presented demonstrate clearly how unified systems and resources can be employed for all students' benefit, not only for those with identified need. Typical students, students from at risk situations, students with mild as well as severe disabilities are all addressed, and special education is not seen as separate from general education. For anyone interested in inclusion/mainstreaming in education.

A valuable tool for implementation of IDEA '97, this book provides a synthesis of best practices in inclusion, and demonstrates that individualized instruction is enhanced, not lost, in supported general education classrooms.

The implementation focus of this book underscores its usefulness as a tool for in-training prospective teachers who will work in diverse K-12 classrooms. Strategies presented demonstrate clearly how unified systems and resources can be employed for all students' benefit, not only for those with identified need. Typical students, students from at risk situations, students with mild as well as severe disabilities are all addressed, and special education is not seen as separate from general education.

For anyone interested in inclusion/mainstreaming in education.