1. PRESENTER: BARBARA J NEWMAN Making Room: Cultivating Communities of Inclusion Inclusive Education Best Practices 10 Practical Keys to Welcoming Each One in Your Classroom

2. WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION? History

3. Brief History of Inclusive Education Bleak survival rate Taintor, Iowa Institutions Separate Schools School within a School Mainstreaming Inclusion (Ownership and Friendship)

4. A Broad Definition For the families who desire Christian education, we attempt to wrap programs and people around each child.

5. Specifically for Those With Moderate to Significant Special Needs A place of belonging in the general education classroom supported by an individualized program and friendships

6. IS THERE A SCRIPTURAL BASIS FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION? Scripture Basis

7. Why do Inclusion? “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” Romans 15:7 “But in fact God has arranged the parts of the body, each one of them, just as He wanted them to be.” I Corinthians 12:18

8. WHAT PREPARATION SHOULD BE DONE? Preparation

9. Get some Resources

10. Prepare in General Board Community Staff Peers Scripture

11. Prepare for Specific Students Staff Parents Peers Student

12. WHAT WILL THE CHILD BE LEARNING? Goals

13. Tracking Goals Report card

14. Tracking Goals MAPS

15. Tracking Goals CLC’s Goals & Objectives  www.clcnetwork.com/school_services/moderate_needs

16. WHO WILL BE DOING WHAT? Roles

18. WHO IS PART OF THE STUDENT’S LIFE? Collaboration

20. WHAT METHODS MIGHT BE HELPFUL? Cooperative Learning

22. HOW CAN PEERS BE INVOLVED? Peer Support

23. For the Peers Gather resources

24. For the Peers For younger students For older students

25. DO YOU HAVE MATERIALS TO HELP THE CHILD REACH THE LISTED GOALS? Academic Intervention

26. Materials

28. COULD TECHNOLOGY BE THE GREAT EQUALIZER? Use of Technology

29. Tools of Technology

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