| Accessing
General Education – Grade Level Strategies K-12
Research and
evaluation data demonstrate that students with disabilities who are
included in general education classrooms make better gains than those in
pull-out or otherwise segregated programs. In addition, students who are
included and have access to the general education curriculum show a strong
trend toward improved student outcomes (academic, behavior, and social).
This strand highlights strategies targeted at a specific grade level
within the K-12 system.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Collaborative Teaming to Support Students at Risk and Student with
Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms
A
general and special education collaborative teaming process to increase
the academic progress and social participation of students at risk
and students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms will be
described, and associated student outcomes, documented across multiple
studies, will be shared.
Speakers: Pamela Hunt, Julie Maier
9:45 am - 10:45 am
A Picture Of The Journey: A Case Study In Elementary Inclusion
This
session will examine the inclusion of students with significant
disabilities in an elementary school class.
A case study format will follow the 3 ˝ year inclusion of a
student with significant needs and the assistive technology that enabled
success.
Speakers: Elisa Wern, Jill Storch
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Tell Them That I Am Smart: The Social Construction of Competence in
Middle School
What
does it mean to be smart? How
are contexts created for students to show what they know?
This presentation is the result of a qualitative research study
looking at the experience of middle school for students with significant
disabilities. Privileging the
voices and ideas of students with labels of mental retardation and autism,
this research challenges traditional constructions of competence in the
Speakers: Christine Ashby
3:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Documentary film screening of Song of Our Children
What
does successful inclusive education look like in action?
Song of Our Children portrays four students, preschool through high
school, learning in inclusive schools.
Students, parents, teachers, administrators, and inclusion experts
address barriers to inclusive education, strategies for success, and
benefits for all children. Discussion
to follow.
Speakers: Beret E. Strong, John Tweedy
Addressing Issues Including Modifications,
Graduation & Grading in Inclusive Secondary Schools
Presenters
will share examples of specific barriers encountered in providing a truly
inclusive education at middle and high school and the strategies they have
employed to address and overcome these at school and district levels.
Speakers: Ann T. Halvorsen, Linda Lee, Cindy Sawchuck, Alycia Chu, Jane
B. Blanchard
Friday, November 11, 2005
8:30 am - 9:30 am
From Limited to Limitless: A Qualitative Study of the Effects of
Inclusive Education on the Learning Outcomes of Middle School Students
with Severe/Multiple Disabilities
Students
with severe disabilities often are overlooked as secondary schools plan
inclusive education programs. This
session will describe the social, functional, and academic outcomes of
educational services in inclusive general education classes and contexts
for students with severe
disabilities who previously had received services in a self-contained
special education class in one
Florida
middle school.
Speakers: Diane Ryndak, Phyllis DeSesso, Michael Pilla
9:45 am - 10:45 am
Middle School Inclusion: From Law to Implementation
Develop an IEP that enables middle school students with disabilities
to succeed in their neighborhood schools!
Inclusion can be achieved using
collaborative planning, instructional strategies, accommodations,
supplemental aids, meaningful evaluations, adaptations, related services,
and other appropriate supports.
Speakers: Anne I. Eason, Kathleen Whitbread
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Accessing General Curriculum for High School Students with Significant
Cognitive Disabilities
Results
of two years of research investigating the impact of using universal
design for learning strategies on the participation in and access
to the general curriculum of students with significant cognitive
disabilities in inclusive high school classes will be presented.
Speakers: Adelle Renzaglia, Stacy Dymond, Amy Rosenstein, Euljung Chun
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