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Inclusion in Preschool Classrooms

This is a tip-sheet for parents who are keen on providing Inclusive Education for their children of pre-school age. It explains the concept of Inclusive Education and what an inclusion team does to help your child in pre-school classroms.

La inclusion en clases preescolares

Please note: This is the translation of the article " Inclusion in Pre-School Classrooms " into Spanish. For the English version: File no: 11125.

All my life's a circle. Using the tools: Circles, MAPs & PATHS

This popular book captures the essence and spirit of three creative and exciting tools used by many schools and organizations to build innovative and quality education or human service systems that truly meet the needs of the people being served.

Creating Circles of Friends. A peer support and inclusion workbook

This book shows how building a child's circle of friends can increase their sense of belonging whilst reducing the incidence of disruption. The approach contributes to improved classroom performance and strengthens friendships, personal relationships and growth.

Inclusion: Recent research

Dr. Bunch, a respected professor of education at York University in Toronto, and his research associate Angela Valeo, herself a classroom teacher, write in a readable and enjoyable style.

Inclusion: How to. Essential classroom strategies

A book for all classroom teachers. Gary Bunch gives theory and practice to make inclusion possible for all children and all teachers. It is a readable, jargon free book that tells you what you need to know to include any child.

What's really worth doing and how to do it. A book for people who love someone labelled disabled (Possibly yourself); and From Behind the Piano: The building of Judith Snow's unique circle of friends

These two titles are contained within one book. ,Book 1:The author, Judith Snow, says her book is about strategies to make it possible for people who are vulnerable to be more present and included in their communities.

The Power of Imagination

In this inspiring article, Kathie Snow invites us to use our imagination in order to offer Real Lives to people with disabilities. She describes how, in her own family's life, "imagining and achieving success was energising and affirming, which then led to more imagining and more great outcomes".

Inclusion in Action (3rd Edition)

Inclusion in Action' has been developed from the previous two editions of 'Integration and Inclusion in Action', which has been widely used across Australia by teachers and by teacher trainees studying special education as part of their initial teacher education program.

Future Planning - Dubbo

A workshop for families of people with disability wanting to take a pro-active approach to planning for the future