Inclusion Help

[JodyZ]

I am teaching middle school special education. The majority of my students are learning disabled. We are moving to inclusion this fall and I wanted to know how other special education teachers are making this work. What is the special ed. teacher's role? General ed. teacher's role? What do you tell all of the students the reason for having two teachers in the classroom? How has it worked for you? Any tips or pieces of advice would be helpful. Thanks!

[wendilynnsmith]

Do you know Dr. Sherrel Haight here at Central Michigan University in the special education/counseling department? She is a good person to contact with questions and advice.
Office: 222 Rowe Hall
Phone: (989) 774-7172
Fax: (989) 774-2305
E-mail: haigh1sl@cmich.edu

[sadiejane2006]

work as a team!! make them belong to the class!

[Unregistered]

Hi, Inclusion can be very difficult if you do not have the support of the teachers you are working with and administration. Your role is not to assist the teacher, but to teach along side him/her. The teacher may teach the skill and you will teach the students how to acquire that skill. Sometimes your roles will switch. Share your thoughts and ideas. You will support each other in the classroom and outside by planning together. If administration is behind the idea of inclusion (and many are not) you should have a plan period together. Again, this is just the tip of Inclusion.

[Darwin]

The term special education indicate it is something special.I

think we need to get to the psychology of kids and then go ahead thinking

the activities which we had undergone in our childhood.

As said the Team work always proves to be a good soluton for

the problems arised.This enables the different mind states work under a single

roof.

Cheers!!

[Choc]

the regular ed teacher's duty - teach class as nothing is different
special ed teacher duty - accomodate as needed.

[jagnace]

Collaboration is the key to successful inclusion. My coworkers look at me as an extra teacher working side by side to make sure that every child's needs are met. If I feel I have a strength in an area that is being taught then I teach while the regular ed teacher monitors. Sometimes I will pull students to a back table to reteach if a concept is not being mastered. Inclusion looks different everyday! We work together to find the learning style that best fits OUR students needs.

[Dean]

I took a 3 week online course from the University of Phoenix Online (SPE/580) focusing on Inclusion. I highly recommend taking this course, it will help set you up and prepare for this. Here is the contact information for my Advisor there (Damien Wi**************** 800-366-9699 Ext. 71919. He can help you get a course scheduled if you are interested. Like I said, I would highly recommend taking this class, it is only three weeks. If you would like to email him I think his address is damien.wi****************@phoenix.edu He can also help you with several other courses in SPE or other areas. This is a great program and a great way to get some needed credits or professional development.

-Dean

[Mike]

Have you searched on www.EverythingAboutLearning.com for inclusion.

This is a link to a search result I just did.

http://search.everythingaboutlearning.com/cgi-bin/ss_query?e=dta&sitenbr=157390365&keys=inclusion&rel=0&nsrt=0

Too many books to type here so I thought I'd just paste it.

Mike