Saturday, October 2, 2010

Inclusion is a Crazy IDEA?

People have a lot of different crazy ideas on what INCLUSION really is or what it should look like in a classroom or on a school campus. Inclusion is not a place, it's not sitting seperately away from other students, it's not a seperate classroom or going to visit a special teachers classroom and then going to the cafeteria to eat lunch in the same room as other students and then not sitting with your Gen. Ed classmates!

Inclusion is a community, it's a community that is accepting of differences and of everyone no matter what! Inclusion is a place where everyone is accepted and valued just as they are! Classrooms are made up of individuals, everyone is different and unique with different learning styles, hopes and dreams for their future! Inclusion is all together all the time! INCLUSION WORKS!

1 comment:

yakisoba said...

I agree inclusion works, but works just when teachers and school staff realize that they need to but some action into words. A lot of schools, as we know say they have inclusion but once you are inside you know that it is not true. Look what is happening with Benson all over again!!!! The school is lost, don't know what to do with him .
I have a question. Would a school leave a non-disable child in his soak wet pants for almost
1 1/2 hour waiting for the mother to bring some clothes? What they would do if the mother couldn't go? Have mercy!!!!