There's Room for Everyone
Accommodations, Supports, and Transitions--Infancy to Postsecondary


Meeting children's diverse needs within the general education classroom can be challenging, but is this very challenge that inspires inclusive practitioners. Upon the foundation of human rights, we create and support a community of learners--a community that appreciates each member, understands the importance of belonging, and works to make neighborhood schools accessible and welcoming for all. If you believe, as we do, that all humans are entitled to the same rights, then there is no other way to teach, to learn, or to live. -There's Room for Everyone, Chapter 1

This book differs from others because of its approach to inclusion, accommodations, and modifications. The authors start with the assumption that all children would be educated in their neighborhood community and in a general education classroom. They would have access to special educators who would collaborate with the general educator to include as much intervention as possible in that setting. In some areas this is happening; while in others it is only a dream. Yet, the editors present the chapters based on the belief that inclusion is the norm.

The book also included all educational levels. While most texts separate students by division, level, or ability, There's Room for Everyone presents education/learning as an ongoing process. The editors provide the reader the opportunity to understand where the child may be coming from and where he or she might be going. They see disparate practices between divisions partly because of the lack of consideration of what type of environment and expectations a child had previously. Each state, province/territory, and/or country delineates education divisions using different criteria. Therefore, the editors have included applicable grades and ages as well as possible division names.

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Isabel Killoran and Mark Brown, Editors 2006. 144 pp. ISBN-13 978-0-87173-169-2
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