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Speak Out on Inclusive Education

12/12/2014

 
​Last week, along with Parents for Inclusive Education, we co-sponsored an event, “Talking About Inclusive Education.” The turn-out at the event was impressive, with our conference room filled to capacity, and the conversation was especially lively.
​We began the evening with a panel of experts: Claire Lowenstein, the Principal of P.S. 333, the Manhattan School for Children; Kim Madden, a parent and an advocate working at Advocates for Children of New York; and Srikala Naraian, an Associate Professor at Teachers College. They spoke with parents, educators, and other stakeholders about a variety of topics related to making inclusion work. Jackie Okin Barney, who coordinates Parents for Inclusive Education, moderated the panel. Some of the more salient points that came up during the discussion included:  
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Copies of the flyer are available in English [PDF] and Spanish [PDF].
  • Inclusion should be seen as a civil right. The term goes much deeper than a simple discussion about which classes students are placed in. Inclusion must address the academic, social, and emotional well-being of students. 
  • Successful inclusion requires resources, support, innovation, cooperation, and collaboration. Inclusion is not a “one size fits all” approach to education; it must be individualized to meet the needs of students, schools, and families. Inclusion is not static; all parties involved need to speak up when something isn’t working so changes can be made where necessary.   
  • Schools and parents need to stop seeing each other as adversaries in the quest for inclusion. Parents should be informed about their rights and schools need to recognize that parents participate in any number of ways, not just by showing up for parent conferences and answering phone calls. Teachers, administrators, and parents should be active partners.  
  • Everyone benefits when students receive the assistive technology supports they need to access the curriculum in inclusive settings, and anything that can be done to fast track those supports should be done. 

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Inclusion Requires Participation: Conference on Assistive Technology

4/27/2013

 
If you missed our recent assistive technology event, Inclusion Requires Participation: Student Demonstrations of How Technology can be used to Improve Access to Education, you can now watch the footage of the seven students with disabilities who shared their experiences using technology solutions to address learning, communication, and physical challenges in their classrooms.
For additional videos of our presenters, check out Jasmine, Maya and her family, and Randy at an earlier event with the ARISE Coalition.
Thank you to the students who presented, the members of the ARISE Coalition, and staff of the Cognitech Café, who organized and staffed the event held at Pace University School of Education. Thank you also to our co-hosts who kept everyone fed during the day: Advocates for Children of New York, Parent to Parent of New York State, Parents for Inclusive Education, United We Stand, and the United Federation of Teachers.
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