Main Theme
Educating students with disabilities alongside peers in general education with appropriate supports.
Inclusion
Main role is to support student access and independence…
Paraeducator
What does “re-storying” a student mean?
Reframing from deficits to strengths
Believing students can learn and understand, even if they struggle to show it…
Presuming competence
Name the 4 stress responses…
Fight, Flight, Freeze and Faint
Social development, access to grade-level curriculum, peer modeling
Benefits of inclusion for students with an IEP
What is a paras role during recess and lunch opportunities….
Facilitating social skills and opportunities.
Turn this into a strength: “Student is stubborn”…
Student is determined, persistent, etc.
Provide an example of how you can presume competence…..
Multiple…….Providing an appropriate modality for the student to engage in the task.
Name some behaviors you may see in the fight state….
Yelling, hitting, kicking, throwing items, etc.
Name two benefits of inclusion for general education students
Empathy, understanding diversity, collaboration, etc.
Observable , measurable information about what a student says or does…
Data
Turn this into a strength: “Student talks a lot”….
Communicative, social, expressive, eager to participate, etc.
Why is wait time important?
Allows processing and independent responding.
Which brain state is most often mistaken for “noncompliance” but is actually shutdown?
Freeze
Provide 2 barriers to inclusion…
Not enough support, gen ed teacher openness, gen ed teachers not provided training, etc.
What do you provide that is typically in given from least to most?
Prompts
Provide an example of something that can be considered a “deficit” or “negative attribute” and how it can be turned into something positive or inclusive …..
Multiple examples
If we presume competence it drives…
Our expectation, the opportunities we provide, etc.
What must happen before learning can occur?
Regulation (student must return to a ready brain state).
How can you respond to a gen ed teacher who questions inclusion…..
Explain the benefits, provide tools/support, include them in planning, etc.
Adjusts how a student accesses or shows learning, while keeping the expectation the same…
Accommodation
Why is re-storying important?
Impacts expectations, relationships, and outcomes.
When students struggle to show us what they know, our job isn't to lower expectations, it’s to ….
Remove the barriers hiding their competence. Or something similar
What happens to the brain when a student is dysregulated?
Flips their lid