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"This site is designed to provide you with resources to help you successfully implement inclusive practices in your classroom, differentiate your instruction, collect data on student achievement and behavior, and provide modifications and accommodations to your les"

"In June 2014 I launched this website and blog in order to expand that community of special needs parents, and to provide resources and additional support to ALL special needs parents, not just those who have chosen the path of inclusion in General Education settings."

Thirty years of research shows us that when all students are learning together (including those with the most extensive needs) AND are given the appropriate instruction and supports, ALL students can participate, learn, and excel within grade-level general education curriculum, build meaningful social relationships, achieve positive behavioral outcomes, and graduate from high school, college and beyond. How do we transform education to achieve these goals? According to the research, it takes administrative leadership, multi-tiered systems of support, family and community partnership, an inclusive educational framework including organizational structure and school culture, and policies and practices providing the backbone to these features

Podcast that focuses on inclusive practices

"The SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library supports the inclusion of young children with disabilities birth-five and their families, in early care and education settings. The SpecialQuest materials and approach have been used with over 5,000 participants nationwide, refined over the past ten years, and have been shown to create and sustain change. SpecialQuest Birth-Five provides these materials at no cost with funding from the Office of Head Start."

A story of high school inclusion: an ethnographic case study Ann Marie McKee University of Iowa

"Search SWIFT Shelf to find research articles, issue briefs, papers, reports, assessment tools, and more about current issues in equity-based inclusive education."

From Brookes Publishing

"Inclusion is not about creating conformity to some pre-defined norm.  It is about creating the circumstance where each individual can come to understand their strength and value and then nurturing it in such a way that it will expand the entire community.  We don't lose our identity when we embrace diversity... we find and are empowered by both our individual and our collective identity. "

""We All Belong" is a documentary film exploring the issues of belonging and diversity in our classrooms. It profiles real parents and the dreams and fears they share. This film is a frank discussion of civil, human, and educational rights and offers a window into best practices and the struggle families face to achieve inclusion for their children."

"SWIFT Center's Issue Brief-Leading Education Reform Initiatives:  How SWIFT Coordinates and Enhances Impact-to realize positive outcomes and increased student achievement for ALL.   This Brief, written by leaders in the field of educational reform and members of the SWIFT Policy Team (TASH, NASDSE, CCSSO, IEL) provides a close examination of the various initiatives and the research to support not only the inclusion of students with disabilities in general education, but the wisdom of braiding reform initiatives to create a unity of purpose and the sustainability of increased academic and social outcomes for ALL students."

Strategies for Success: Creating Inclusive Classrooms that Work

"ECTA Center and ELC TA are partnering to host a series of webinars that will provide up to date information regarding supports and resources to promote early childhood inclusion."

STANDARDS FOR BUILDING INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS: HOW WE WILL KNOW WHEN WE ARE THERE. Validated Practices Committee Louisiana Department of Education, Division of Educational Improvement and Assistanc