2nd Edition

Inclusive Education A Practical Guide to Supporting Diversity in the Classroom

320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

Inclusive education continues to be an exciting but challenging component of the everyday life of the classroom teacher. Whist there is no recipe for successful inclusion, meaningful inclusion involves engaging in a flexible process in which educators work in partnership with parents, students, and other professionals in order to meet the needs of all children. Drawing from conceptual... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Who are our children with diverse learning needs?  3. Attitudes and inclusion  4. Psychological and teacher-based assessment  5. Partnerships and collaboration  6. How to develop and manage an individual program  7. Inclusive instructional approaches  8. Collaborative instructional models  9. Organising the inclusive classroom  10. Promoting positive behaviour  11. Promoting social competence  12. Reflective teaching and action research

Biography

Tim Loreman is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Concordia University College of Alberta, Canada, and formerly taught at Monash University, Australia.

Joanne Deppeler is Senior Lecturer in Special Education in the Faculty of Education at Monash University.

David Harvey is Director of the Krongold Centre in the Faculty of Education at Monash University.