You're Welcome: 30 Innovative Ideas for the Inclusive Classroom (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780325052960)

Three handbooks; 30 key ideas presented in small, smart packages; all the information necessary to start making inclusion work effectively. Whether you're a general educator, a special educator, an administrator, a therapist, or a family team member, You're Welcome presents the thinking you'll need to open your classrooms to all students.

You're Welcome is divided into three handbooks that address the most important educational frameworks at the heart of inclusive schooling:

• Differentiating Instruction
• Collaboration and Teaming
• Positive and Peaceful Behavior Supports

Each book contains ten big ideas that provide the most pertinent information for understanding and supporting diverse learners. Schwarz and Kluth distill the research and best practices behind inclusion into concise, actionable nuggets for professional learning that include:

• classroom structures
• instructional strategies
• organizational principles and activities
• lesson ideas
• examples from real schools
• recommended print and Web resources.

Get answers to frequently asked questions about crucial topics such as coteaching, team building, collaborating with students, integrating the IEP into the general education curriculum, creating personalized learning agendas, and writing sensitive and responsive behavior plans. Read You're Welcome and discover a powerful tool for implementing educational practices that provide meaningful help for students with a range of diverse abilities, needs, gifts, and struggles as they achieve effective educational gains.