Inclusive High Schools

by Fisher, Douglas; Sax, Caren L.; Pumpian, Ian Ross

• ISBN13: 9781557663795
• ISBN10: 1557663793
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Brookes Pub

Summary

Addressing both process and outcome, this book provides a framework for developing inclusive high schools by taking detailed account of high schools that have struggled, strategized, and ultimately achieved success. Themes discussed include: building crucial school-based relationships developing support strategies communicating responsibilities preparing for the classroom establishing continuity planning lessons and adapting curricula redistributing school resources High school teachers, administrators, university faculty, and parents will recognize the common challenges in adopting inclusive practices and find proven strategies that can be used as starting points for solutions.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	vii
About the Contributors	ix
Foreword	xiii
Wilson Buswell
Aaron Flint
To Our Readers	xxi
Acknowledgments	xxiii
We Had to See it for Ourselves: An Introduction to Inclusive High Schools	1	(4)
Douglas Fisher
Ian Pumpian
Caren Sax
We Didn't Always Learn What We Were Taught: Inclusion Does Work!	5	(22)
Caren Sax
Douglas Fisher
Ian Pumpian
Personal and Professional Evolutions About Inclusive Education	27	(16)
David Zaino
Portraits of Inclusion	43	(10)
Eileen Bagg-Rizzo
Kennedy High School: From Case-by-Case to Whole-School Inclusion	53	(22)
Karen Rodifer
Elizabeth Castagnera
Douglas Fisher
Caren Sax
John Q. Adams High School: A Pilot Project Takes Shape	75	(28)
Caren Sax
Douglas Fisher
Lois Chappell
Lyn Pratt
``A Community of Learners Born of Trust, Respect, and Courage'': The Foundation of Inclusion and School Reform at Jefferson High School	103	(28)
Cheryl M. Jorgensen
Facilitating and Focusing Whole-School Change	131	(14)
Garnett Smith
Robert Stodden
Ronald James
Douglas Fisher
Ian Pumpian
Reflecting on the Least Restrictive Environment Policy: Curriculum, Instruction, Placement: Three Legs of the Achievement Stool	145	(12)
Virginia Roach
Teacher Preparation: A Long and Winding Road that Leads. . .	157	(14)
Ian Pumpian
Families: The Key to Continuity	171	(12)
Barbara Buswell
References	183	(16)
Index	199