Inclusive Education in a Strengths-Based Era

No, inclusion is not dead; rather, it has evolved. Wehmeyer and Kurth reframe inclusion away from classroom placement to a multi-tiered, school-wide approach emphasizing personalized, strengths-based, and effective instruction--so that, truly, all can achieve. For the first time in special education history, we now have the models and the technology to make inclusion become reality--and this book paves the way by setting new directions. A must-read for any educator who is committed to moving inclusive education forward.--Linda M. Bambara, Ed.D., Emeritus Professor of Special Education, Lehigh University Provides a contemporary and very readable guide to what special education should look like and accomplish for persons with disabilities as we progress through the 21st century. Highlights of this work include the articulation of our changing understanding of special education's legal and legislative foundations; a description of the shift from a remedial to a support perspective; an emphasis on a strength-based approach to education; and a forthright acknowledgment that it is wrongful to exclude students from general education content and settings. I highly recommend this work.--Lewis Jackson, Ed.D., Emeritus Professor of Special Education, University of Northern Colorado This compelling book is an invitation to leap forward in our practices, policies, and perspectives related to students with disabilities. It calls us to adopt educational services and supports that are ambitious, effective, individualized, and always inclusive.--Erik W. Carter, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Special Education, Vanderbilt University