Inclusion in Action
Practical Strategies to Modify Your Curriculum
Description
How can K-12 educators break down the barriers to full inclusion and teach all learners effectively? Curriculum modifications are the key--and Nicole Eredics is the expert!
A seasoned educator and creator of popular blog The Inclusive Class, Eredics introduces you to the what and how of inclusion in this motivating, reader-friendly guidebook. You'll start witha big-picture guide to creating an inclusive culturein your classroom and school, with invaluable guidance on key topics like team collaboration, universal design for learning, co-teaching, social-emotional supports, and accommodations. Then you'll get40 specific, teacher-tested strategies to modify your curriculumfor students who work below grade level. Ready to use in your classroom right away, each strategy comes with student goals, simple step-by-step directions and implementation tips, suggested interventions and extensions, and samples of authentic student work that illustrate the strategy in action.
Equally useful as a beginner's guide to inclusion and a goldmine of practical ideas for experienced teachers, this must-have book will help make your curriculum "possible and achievable" for every learner, with and without disabilities.
PRACTICAL MATERIALS:More than a dozen reproducible forms for use with specific modifications; lists of helpful inclusion-themed websites, blogs, books, and videos.
40 modifications that help students:
- Learn new vocabulary words
- Understand story structure
- Sequence materials, concepts, and numbers
- Develop recall ability
- Demonstrate relationships among ideas
- Organize information
- Make a representation of a concept
- Identify similarities and differences
- Make decisions based on evidence
- Learn to recognize and correct errors
- and more!
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About this Author
Nicole Eredicsis an educator who advocates for the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. She draws upon her years of experience as a full inclusion teacher to write, speak, and consult on the topic of inclusive education to various local and national organizations. Nicole uses her unique insight and knowledge to provide practical strategies for fully including and instructing students of all abilities in the classroom. You can follow Nicole online through her popular blog The Inclusive Class.
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