First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sometimes, the hardest part of starting an inclusive education program is finding out what the research says. This convenient guide brings together all of the essential data on inclusion for you. Three easy-to-read sections provide you with a comprehensive, balanced overview of inclusive education: the movement toward inclusion, instructional practices, and the process of implementation and outcomes. From research to policy to practice, you'll get a summary of the literature base on the best approaches to supporting students with disabilities in inclusive settings. You'll discover the available research supporting or critiquing known theories, strategies, structures, approaches, and models of inclusive education. Tables quickly review key points, and extensive appendices summarize key district and federal court cases about inclusion, documented outcomes for students with and without disabilities in inclusive settings, documented outcomes for parents and teachers, and more! This concise resource will be invaluable to you as you work to adopt and implement successful inclusion in your school.

The current emphasis on individualised intervention programmes for students with special needs may not only be impractical, but also undesirable. This book compares and contrasts special needs approaches with school effectiveness strategies. The author sets out theories about inclusive schooling that arise out of a detailed scrutiny of practice. The link between theory and practice will be welcomed by many practitioners. With extensive examples from the field to illustrate Ainscow's ideas, this is an eminently accessible text.

This book provides new information on how various inclusion policies have been implemented in different schools and school districts in North America and in a range of European countries. The purpose of inclusion policy is to prevent the marginalization of people who experience unfavorable circumstances in life. It is an approach to the education of students with disabilities that is based on a commitment to what all members of a free society deserve in order to become fully participating members--a fair chance to find a meaningful place in their own communities. This book is a kind of status report on what inclusive education has achieved and what it may achieve in the future for children and youth with disabilities. It describes the philosophical, legal, and practical terrain covered by inclusion policy in general and inclusive schooling in particular. Contributors assess inclusion policy and suggest ways to reconceptualize it, bringing to their data analysis a depth of experience and knowledge about public schooling in their respective countries. Although inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classes has been embraced by politicians and educators calling for equal opportunity in our society and is being incorporated into national and international education laws, it continues to be controversial and the debate is sometimes heated. A goal of this book is to shed some light on this debate. Is inclusion mostly about student placement? Are students with disabilities attaining social and learning membership in general classrooms? Have they benefitted from inclusion? How about students without disabilities? What have been the benefits? Must learning take second priority to socialization and friendship? Are teachers getting the training they need? How do parents feel about inclusion programs? How do students feel? What kind of curricular accommodations should be made? These and other questions are addressed. This volume is based on original papers presented by the contributing authors in October 1997 at the Rutgers Invitational Symposium on Education on Inclusive Schooling: National and International Perspectives.

In this comprehensive resource on inclusive schooling, administrators, general and special educators, and parents explore how inclusive education can support a diverse student body at all grade levels. They show how schools can meet standards and provide a "least restrictive environment" for students with disabilities by using cooperative learning, teaming, multi-age grouping, multicultural education, social skills training, and educational technology applications. And they explain how to facilitate change by using universal design principles and other curricular, instructional, assessment, and organizational practices. The authors examine the prevailing myths and the most frequently asked questions about inclusive education, and they provide an extensive list of resources. Woven through the book are the personal stories of people with disabilities and the educators and parents who work with them. As their voices make clear, inclusion is more than an educational buzzword; inclusion is a way of life, based on the belief that each individual is valued and belongs.

The latest book in the unofficial series by Julie Causton, this book is a quick how-to guide for general and special educators that provides practical strategies and planning tools for the inclusive classroom.

As the percentage of students with disabilities continues to increase, you can make sure your school provides the least restrictive environment for these students by using this updated guide to inclusion. Experts on inclusion share their wisdom and daily practices, including classroom and schoolwide strategies for providing the best educational opportunities for all students. Learn the impact of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation on special needs students, and explore promising curricular and instructional practices that foster inclusive education, including cooperative learning, teaming, multi-age grouping, multicultural education, social skills training, and technology applications. Personal stories about special needs students, and the parents and educators who work with them, vividly portray the challenges and benefits that come with an inclusive approach to schooling.