The practice of educating all or most children in the same classroom,
including children with physical, mental, and developmental
disabilities. Inclusion classes often require a special assistant to
the classroom teacher.
The 1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act
(P.L. 94-142) made inclusion a controversial topic by requiring a free
and appropriate education with related services for each child in the
least restrictive environment possible, and an Individualized Education
Program (IEP) for each qualifying child. In 1991, the bill was renamed
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the revision
broadened the definition of disabilities and added related services.
McBrien, J L, Ronald S. Brandt, and Robert W. Cole. The Language of Learning: A Guide to Education Terms. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1997. Internet resource.
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Inclusive Education |
Exceptional Children |
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Inclusion (best not to use "" around words) |
Students with disabilities |
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Individualized instruction |
Special Education |
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Gifted children-- education |
Encyclopedia of American education / Harlow G. Unger.
The Greenwood dictionary of education / edited by John W. Collins III and Nancy Patricia O'Brien ; foreword by Catherine Snow.
Handbook for successful inclusion / Carol A. Kochhar, Lynda L. West ; with case by Juliana M. Taymans.
Brief reference of student disabilities --with strategies for the classroom / Lee Brattland Nielsen.