Perfect for busy educators, this user-friendly guidebook offers essential information and brief, to-the-point advice for improving inclusion skills. The spiral-bound, photocopiable handbook consists of five "Quick-Guides," each one devoted to a relevant topic - from building partnerships with parents to getting the most out of support services.
Each section offers easy-to-follow ideas, tips, examples, and suggestions that teachers, administrators, related services personnel, and parents can put to use immediately in their schools. Equally suitable as an entry-level guide or as a concise summary of practices for seasoned professionals, this inexpensive classroom tool helps administrators and school professionals make inclusion work in any school - and any budget!
Michael F. Giangreco has spent more than 20 years working with children and adults in a variety of capacities including special education teacher, community residence counselor, camp counselor, school administrator, educational consultant, university teacher, and researcher. Dr. Giangreco received a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York-College at Buffalo and graduate degrees from the University of Vermont and the University of Virginia. He received his doctoral degree from Syracuse University and has been a faculty member at the University of Vermont since 1988.