Leading an Inclusive School: Access and Success for ALL Students

Richard A. Villa and Jacqueline S. Thousand provide an in-depth, research-based guide for ensuring that your school provides the federally guaranteed "least restrictive environment" for students no matter the severity of the challenges they face.

Leading an Inclusive School: Access and Success for ALL Students offers administrators, teachers, and other educators working to promote inclusion a wealth of information about

• the history and research base of inclusive education, including landmark court cases, and the philosophical underpinnings of the movement;
• essential curricular and instructional practices for inclusive schools, such as heterogeneous grouping, creative problem solving, and co-teaching;
• powerful organisational structures such as Multitiered System of Support and Schoolwide Positive Behaviour Supports to help optimise the benefits of differentiation for all students; and
• a conceptual framework for co-ordinating educational initiatives and best practices for educating all students in general education.

Also included are vivid personal stories of students with disabilities that illustrate how these students flourish when they learn alongside their general education peers.

Educators who are serious about committing to the success of learners at all levels of perceived physical, intellectual, communication, and social/emotional ability will find the examples, advice, and tools in this book indispensable for planning, implementing, and promoting inclusion in their schools.

Table of Contents

Letter to the Reader

Section I

1. An Inclusive School: Providing Access and Success for All— by Mary A. Falvey and Christine C. Givner
2. The Rationales for Creating and Maintaining Inclusive Schools— by Richard A. Villa and Jacqueline S. Thousand

Voice of Inclusion: From My Friend, Ro Vargo— by Rosalind Vargo

Section II

3. The Foundation: Administrative Leadership and Support in Managing Complex Change— by Richard A. Villa and Jacqueline S. Thousand
4. Collaborative Planning and Problem Solving— by Jacqueline S. Thousand and Richard A. Villa
5. Maximizing Resources and Designing Interventions Through a Multitiered System of Supports— by Jacqueline S. Thousand and Richard A. Villa
6. Co-Teaching to Promote Student Access and Success— by Richard A. Villa and Jacqueline S. Thousand
7. Differentiated Instruction: Access to the General Education Curriculum for All— by Jacqueline S. Thousand, Alice Udvari-Solner and Richard A. Villa
8. Access and Success for All: What Can One Person Do?— by Jacqueline S. Thousand and Richard A. Villa

Voice of Inclusion: The Principal's Role in Creating and Sustaining Inclusive Education— by Yazmin Pineda Zapata

Section III

9. Questions, Concerns, Beliefs, and Practical Advice about Inclusive Education— by Richard A. Villa, Jacqueline S. Thousand, Emma Van der Klift, John Udis, Ann I. Nevin, Norman Kunc, Paula Kluth and James Chapple

Voice of Inclusion: Everything About Bob Was Cool, Including His Cookies— by Richard A. Villa