Adolescents and Inclusion: Transforming Secondary Schools (Bauer & Myree)

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How can high school principals help build inclusive school communities?

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Inclusive High Schools: Learning from Contemporary Classrooms

The Transition Handbook: Strategies High School Teachers Use that Work!

Adolescents and Inclusion
Transforming Secondary Schools

Edited by Anne M. Bauer, Ed.D., & Glenda Myree Brown, Ed.D.

"Bauer and Brown provide readers with a unique opportunity to experience inclusion and gain a sensory understanding of what secondary inclusive education may look like, sound like, taste like, and feel like." —Craig A. Michaels, in Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

"Over the years, I have found a new richness in my teaching as a result of these students.... I know my students have as well." —Kathy Heekin, teacher at PMHS

From the Mission Statement of Purcell Marian High School:

"Purcell Marian embraces and promotes inclusivity in all areas. Respecting diverse academic levels, faith traditions, and socioeconomic backgrounds, we actively commit ourselves to innovative education of the whole person."

Purcell Marian High School is an example of a successful inclusive high school where all students learn, no matter their ability! This acclaimed inner city school recognizes and celebrates the diversity in all learners, especially students with disabilities.

The teachers and staff of Purcell Marian share in this book their proven strategies for supporting students with mild to severe disabilities in an inclusive high school. The strategies, procedures, practices, and examples presented are real and come from these experts in the field who have a commitment to serving all students in a safe and positive setting. You'll learn how to get the support of your administration and incorporate the amendments included under IDEA 1997 in your school. You'll also tackle vital topics like

differentiating instruction
adapting the curriculum
managing behavior
designing accommodations
working in an urban setting
collaborating
performing alternate assessments

Let Purcell Marian's successes inspire you to achieve your inclusion goals.

ORDERING INFO
ISBN 1-55766-515-X
Paperback
320 pages / 6 x 9
2001 / $29.95
Stock# 515X

Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
A Personal Note from Anne M. Bauer
Acknowledgments

What Does an Inclusive School Look Like?
- Mission Statement: Purcell Marian High School
  Faculty of Purcell Marian High School
1. A Day in an Inclusive High School
  Anne M. Bauer and Glenda Myree Brown
2. Qualities of an Inclusive High School
  Glenda Myree Brown and Anne M. Bauer, with Karen Matuszek and Jan Kennedy
3. Managing the Changes of Becoming Inclusive
  Glenda Myree Brown and Jan Kennedy
4. Who Are the Students in an Inclusive High School?
  Anne M. Bauer and Glenda Myree Brown
- From the Principal's Desk
  Jan Kennedy
How Does an Inclusive High School Work?
- We are Blessed
  Kathy Heekin
1. Community in an Inclusive High School
  Anne M. Bauer and Glenda Myree Brown
2. Designing Instruction in an Inclusive Classroom
  Anne M. Bauer, with Jason Haap, Richard Hague, Rick Hennegan, Nicki Brainard, and Lee Widmer
3. Enhancing the Development of Prosocial Behavior and Classroom Management
  Anne M. Bauer and Kimberly Moore Hill, with Jason Haap, Rick Hennegan, Nicki Brainard, and Randy Reeder
4. Designing and Evaluating Accommodations and Adaptations
  Anne M. Bauer and Karen Matuszek
5. Assessing Learning and Evaluating Progress: The Grade's Not the Thing
  Anne M. Bauer, with Jason Haap, Kathy Heekin, Margaret Jenkins, Sister Kristin Matthes, Cliff Pope, Karen Willig, and Christine Bredestege
6. Individualized Education Programs and Legal Issues
  Anne M. Bauer and Karen Matuszek
- I Have Days
  Jason Haap
Getting the Most Out of Your Inclusive High School
- A Class in Itself
  Lisa Mueller
1. Joining Up: Becoming a Member of an Academic Department
  Richard Hague
2. Everybody Can Play
  Anne M. Bauer and Roseanne Bays, with Dave Campbell, Allan Karol, Jan Kennedy, and Tom Stickley
3. Inclusion is More than Disability: Experiences of Successful African American Students
  Louis A. Castenell, Jr., and Rachel Davis-Haley
4. Where Do Students Go After High School?
  Anne M. Bauer, with Doug Kennedy, Karen Matuszek, and Margaret Jenkins
- Manager Makes Difference for Purcell
  Mark D. Motz

Index