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Teaching Struggling Readers: 8 Steps to Effective Instruction
March 5, 2019
In your inclusive classroom, you probably have some students who are struggling with reading skills---and having trouble generalizing the skills they learn to settings outside the classroom. Whether they’re English…
11 Things You Can Do Right Now to Build a More Trauma-Sensitive Classroom
February 19, 2019
*Updated 11/29/21 Before the pandemic, it was estimated that at least one in four young people experiences trauma severe enough to negatively affect their school success (National Child Traumatic Stress…
11 Ways to Promote Community Support for Students with Disabilities
February 5, 2019
Read any history book that traces the evolution of attitudes and approaches to disability (we especially like The Story of Intellectual Disability), and it’s clear that we’ve come a long…
10 IEP Tip Sheets to Pin, Tweet, and Share
December 18, 2018
At the Inclusion Lab, we love giving teachers and parents practical inclusive education tips in an easy-to-share format, and we’ve found that IEP tip sheets are some of our most-shared…
6 Ways to Create an Inclusive Culture Inside (and Outside!) Your Classroom
December 6, 2018
We’d like to start today’s post by thanking every inclusive educator for the tireless and creative work you do to make sure all learners are welcomed and included in your…
Accommodations and Modifications for 10 Common Classroom Activities
November 27, 2018
Choosing appropriate accommodations and modifications is a great way to help your students with different learning needs participate in your inclusive classroom and reach their academic goals. (Not sure about…
5 Mistakes in Reading Program Design that Can Hurt Struggling Readers
November 21, 2018
Are you using the right core reading program for your students? Even if the program you’ve chosen seems like a good fit, there can be trouble spots within it that…
“Where Do We Start?” Cheryl Jorgensen’s 10-Step Plan for Jumpstarting Inclusion
November 14, 2018
Here's a question from an elementary school principal that might sound familiar to you: This spring our school is beginning to plan for including students with ASD in general education…
8 Indicators of Inclusive Classrooms
November 7, 2018
What does meaningful inclusion really look like? In honor of our recent inclusion book giveaway, we're going to center today's post around some insights from one of the awesome books…
12 Ways to Support Students with ADHD
October 23, 2018
According to the CDC, 6 million American children between 3-17 years of age have been diagnosed with ADHD. As an inclusive educator, what can you do to support your students…