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Inclusion secures opportunities for students with disabilities to learn alongside their non-disabled peers. Knowledge and understanding, along with a positive attitude on the part of parents and educators is vital in achieving a successful inclusion classroom. In addition, fostering culturally responsive practices by authentically learning about your students, their families, their culture, language and their communities is important. By incorporating students’ backgrounds, language and environments into the curriculum, students feel valued and more connected to the learning process.
The resources provided offer examples of teaching structures and instructional strategies to assist in achieving an effective model of inclusion.
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General Information: Evidence Based Practices in Creating Successful Inclusion Classrooms
General Information: Evidence Based Practices in Creating Successful Inclusion Classrooms
Extensive resources focusing on all aspects of effective and collaborative inclusive practices (e.g., assessment, collaboration, culturally responsive teaching) to implement in school programs.
Peer supports are an important supplemental instructional strategy for students with and without disabilities in an inclusion classroom.
HLP-flyer-5-18 (1).pdfHigh Leverage Practices in special education at a glance from the Council for Exception Children.
Co-Teaching and Collaboration
Co-Teaching and Collaboration
This Understood article describes the six models of co-teaching in detail and the benefits and challenges of implementing each model in inclusive classrooms.
This YouTube video explores implementing the six models of co-teaching successfully during remote learning.
Dr. Friend provides suggestions in this YouTube video for instructing students with disabilities and effectively implementing the co-teaching model during remote learning and hybrid instruction.
This YouTube video highlights general and special middle school teachers, co-teaching in a classroom. The teachers explain this instructional learning model and share their insights about their professional collaboration.
Think Inclusive offers pragmatic suggestions to create evidence-based instructional experiences and sustain students’ engagement during remote learning sessions.
Culturally Responsive Practices
Culturally Responsive Practices
Culturally Responsive Activities.pdfThis resource provides easy to implement activities to develop a culture of respect, acceptance and community.
Colorín Colorado offers a guide that presents strategies that educators in school and early childhood settings can use and share with colleagues, families, and community partners.
This NYSED framework is designed to support educators in developing and implementing policies and instruction that educate all students effectively and equitably, as well as provide appropriate supports and services to promote positive student outcomes.
Inclusive Schools provides links to insightful articles about culturally responsive schools and inclusive classrooms.
This Edtopia article explores resources and strategies to include students’ diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences during distance learning.
The NYSED website includes evidence-based instruction for linguistically diverse groups of students-including professional development modules, scaffolding instruction recommendations in teaching literacy and other resources.
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