Featuring the same easy-to-use format and friendly tone as Quick-Guides 1, this companion book presents pertinent information and advice on five additional inclusion topics. Educators and school staff will learn about: administration of inclusive schools augmentative and alternative communication curriculum adaptations instructional strategies secondary transition Each section offers easy-to-follow ideas, tips, examples, and suggestions that teachers, administrators, related services personnel, and parents can put to use immediately in their schools. Equally suitable as an entry-level guide or as a concise summary of practices for seasoned professionals, this inexpensive classroom tool helps administrators and school professionals make inclusion work in any school - and any budget!
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Michael F. Giangreco has spent more than 20 years working with children and adults in a variety of capacities including special education teacher, community residence counselor, camp counselor, school administrator, educational consultant, university teacher, and researcher. Dr. Giangreco received a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York-College at Buffalo and graduate degrees from the University of Vermont and the University of Virginia. He received his doctoral degree from Syracuse University and has been a faculty member at the University of Vermont since 1988.
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Quick-Guide #7: Provide Learning Experiences that Are Active and Participatory
I've heard teachers say, "A student with disabilities wouldn't get a lot out of being in that class because the teacher does a lot of large-group lectures, worksheets, and paper-and-pencil tests." My first reaction is, "You're right, it doesn't sound like that situation matches the needs of the student with disabilties." This leaves me wondering, "Is this kind of educational situation a mismatch for any of the students who don't have disability labels?" Given the diversity of learning styles among students, educators are increasingly questioning whether passive, didactic approaches really meet the needs of very many students.
Activity-based learning is well-suited to including learners with a wide range of educational needs and learning styles. One of the gifts that students with disabilities can bring to the classroom is to highlight the need to use more active, participatory, creative approaches to learning. In the process of increasing the amount of activity and participation to accommodate the needs of a student with disabilities, teachers often realize that these approaches are motivating, preferred, and effective for many other students in the class. They seem to be more enjoyable for the teachers too.
Increasing activity and participation can include a wide range of options, such as individual or cooperative projects, drama, experiments, field study, art media, computers, research, educational games, multimedia, various forms of choral responding, and many others. Any actions you take as a teacher can probably be adapted to be a meaningful learning experience for your students. Making sure students have lots to do that is interesting and motivating can have side benefits such as diminishing behavior problems and encouraging positive social behaviors. Your students can be very helpful in designing active learning experiences.
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This is a companion book to Quick Guides to Inclusion 1. It contains useful pointers for modifying curiculum and setting learning goals, developing the student's ability to communicate with peers without being dependent upon the aide, and transitioning into the community. As a parent, I am sharing this information with our resource specialist, the 6th grade teacher, and the paraprofessional.
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