Practices

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The practices below can contribute to creating an inclusive educational environment. The pages below will provide you with an explanation of the practice and some beginning ideas of how to enact the practice in your own work. Any practice enacted without reflection is unlikely to lead to inclusivity on its own. Be sure to check out some of our resources to support your own inquiry around a particular inclusive practice.

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Families


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It has long been held that building strong family-school relations is necessary to improve the academic achievement of students. Not surprisingly, this has resulted in expectations of family involvement that are typically school-centered. When families do not engage in such school-based routines such as Curriculum Nights, parent-teacher conferences, field trips, etc. they may then be...
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Indirect Services


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One of the most powerful services on the New York State special education services continuum is that of consulting teacher who provides indirect services. The New York City Department of Education applied for an innovative waiver (to New York State Department of Education) and combines resource room and a consulting teacher into one service delivery...
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Peer Support


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“Hey Johnny, can you help me figure out number four?” It’s a simple question. One student turns to the student next to him, his classmate, his friend, his peer, and asks for a bit of help. It's a natural instinct to ask for assistance from or bounce ideas off of our peers. Yet, in some...
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Positive Behavior Supports


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When student behavior interferes with their own learning or the learning of others, teachers need to take a proactive stance to design classroom instruction so that everyone can learn safely and productively. Rather than leaping to the conclusion that a particular child should be excluded from the classroom--or doesn’t belong because of her behavior--taking on...
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Multimodality


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Envision a typical classroom. There are a number of students sitting in rows of desks, or maybe groups. They are given a text to read and asked to write in response to the text. Maybe they are answering specific questions. Maybe they are critiquing, but the basic mode of learning is reading for information and...
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