[IEP_guide] JUST BEING THERE ISN'T ENOUGH: STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL INCLUSION

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JUST BEING THERE ISN'T ENOUGH: STRATEGIES FOR

SUCCESSFUL INCLUSION

(BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE)

Diane Twachtman-Cullen

“Mere exposure to an

enriched environment will not suffice. Direct interaction with it is required

to produce cerebral [i.e., cognitive/brain] effects.”

Shopler Shopler, Founder of Division , Founder of

Division TEACCH

http://app.outreach.psu.edu/Autism/National/files/08030666.pdf

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That's interesting. This makes it sound like children with autism are regularly included in gen ed, although often without needed supports. The point made about students with autism being such "different" learners irritates me a bit. Students with DS are also different learners. Just as this article states about children with autism being visual learners that need a lot of repetition and reinforcement, so are children with DS. Every disability can't have their own private classroom! The key is in truly including all children in the classroom with needed supports, accomodations, and modifications.

ette

mom to Faith(9)DS

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JUST BEING THERE ISN'T ENOUGH: STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL INCLUSION (BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE) Diane Twachtman-Cullen

“Mere exposure to an enriched environment will not suffice. Direct interaction with it is required to produce cerebral [i.e., cognitive/brain] effects.”

Shopler Shopler, Founder of Division , Founder of Division TEACCH

http://app.outreach.psu.edu/Autism/National/files/08030666.pdf