Inclusion: How to Know It When You See It
If you’re a member of an inclusive school community, do you sometimes wonder if your school is “getting inclusion right”? Read More
Introducing “You’re Going to Love this Kid!”
“Our job isn’t to figure out if a student should be participating. Our job is to figure out how they should participate.” In this video intro to Paula Kluth’s “You’re Going to Love this Kid!”, a wonderful resource on inclusive education, you'll get a sample teaching strategy called “getting it off the page” and discover a word processing support for students with autism called AlphaSmart. Read More
Paula Kluth’s Tips and Strategies for Supporting All Students
How do we make schools responsive to every learner that walks through the door? In this video, Autism Expert Paula Kluth discusses challenges you may encounter in an inclusive classroom and the tips, supports, and strategies needed to overcome them. Her advice will benefit your students with and without disabilities. Read More
Q&A with Paula Kluth
In this video clip, Inclusion Expert Paula Kluth offers teachers positive behavior support strategies for managing an inclusive classroom as alternatives to a consequences-and-rewards system. Read More
Q&A with Paula Kluth: Including Students at Every Age
In this interview, Paula Kluth explains why inclusive education can and should be implemented for every age range. She follows up with some tips on how to make inclusion work for high school students in particular. Read More
Q&A with Paula Kluth: Literacy Skill and Development in Kids with Autism
In this interview, Paula Kluth explains how educators can view the passionate interests of kids with autism as an asset—and not a hindrance—in supporting their literacy development. Read More
Stackables, Purposeful Puzzles, and other differentiation activity ideas
In this video clip, sample a few of Paula Kluth's 100 ways to differentiate instruction in K-12 inclusive classrooms. These ideas will gives students a variety options when expressing their knowledge of a topic. Read More
Supporting Behavior in the Inclusive Class slides
As part of our fall 2014 inclusive education webinar series, author and inclusion advocate Whitney Rapp addresses behavior challenges in the inclusive classroom. Download her presentation slides here, then watch the recorded webinar at: https://brookespublishing.com/resource-center/webinar-series/inclusive-education/ Read More
Differentiate Instruction with Fidget Bags
Learn how to create and use fidget bags, one of Paula Kluth's 100 ways to differentiate instruction in the classroom. If students in your classroom do not need the amount of support provided by the items in a sensory box, but do need some help to stay focused on daily lessons, a fidget bag can be a good alternative. Read More
6 Inclusion Barriers and Tips on Solving Them
When you’re just starting out with inclusion, the first steps can be the toughest. You might see a lot of barriers on the road ahead, from staff skepticism to plain old lack of time. Here are 6 of the most common obstacles to including all kids in the general curriculum—and some quick tips on overcoming them. Read More
