UNIT 1. Inclusive Education 1. An Interview With Dr. Marilyn Friend, Mary T. Brownell and Chriss Walther-Thomas, Intervention in School and Clinic , March 2002 Dr. Marilyn Friend is a leading expert in inclusive education for students with disabilities. By answering questions about special education today, she addresses what it takes to make it work, the importance of collaboration, and how to help administrators support inclusion and socialization of all children. 2. Rethinking Inclusion: Schoolwide Applications, Wayne Sailor and Blair Roger, Phi Delta Kappan , March 2005 The legalities of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) have promoted inclusion and accountability in education… to enhance learning schoolwide . The authors describe a collaborative model, tested at nine schools, which helps integrate general and special education by six guiding principles. 3. Assessment That Drives Instruction, Pokey Stanford and Stacy Reeves, Teaching Exceptional Children , March/April 2005 Appropriate assessment can maximize learning for students with special needs in inclusion classrooms. Individualized education programs (IEPs) should include alternate strategies for assessing learners with disabilities. The authors give examples of creative ways for special and general education collaboration in school progress reports. 4. Meaningful Inclusion of All Students in Team Sports, Yoshihisa Ohtake, Teaching Exceptional Children , November/December 2004 The author tells how and why physical education boosts self-esteem in students with health, developmental, and multiple disabilities. Creative adaptations can make inclusion possible in team sports. Conversion stategies allow IEP goals to be achieved with the assistance of peer or parent volunteers. UNIT 2. Early Childhood 5. Making the Case for Early Identification and Intervention for Young Children at Risk for Learning Disabilities, Marcee M. Steele, Early Childhood Education Journal , October 2004 Preschoolers with Learning Disabilities (LD) can be assessed in early childhood. Strategies for LD identification are given in this article as well as suggestions for teachers. Early intervention makes IEPs, inclusion, and socialization easier in elementary school. 6. Music in the Inclusive Environment, Marcia Earl Humpal and Jan Wolf, Young Children , March 2003 Music is valuable in early childhood education because it speaks to the emotions. It helps children with special needs relax and make the transition from special class to inclusion class. It also organizes brain activity and enhances perception, speech, socialization, and creativity. 7. Building Relationships With Challenging Children, Philip S. Hall and Nancy D. Hall, Educational Leadership , September 2003 Early childhood is an opportune time to socialize more appropriate behaviors in students with emotional and behavioral disorders in inclusion classrooms. Philip and Nancy Hall illustrate conflict resolution without punishment. They recommend gentle intervention, bonding, support, and targeted instruction for at-risk students. UNIT 3.