New Resource Arriving Soon on Supporting Inclusive Education

Staff of the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) and its TIES Center are guest editors for the upcoming publication, Impact: Feature Issue on Inclusive Education for K-8 Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities. Scheduled for release in late fall, this publication from the Institute on Community Integration (ICI), University of Minnesota, shares strategies, research, personal stories, and resources supporting inclusive education in our schools.

Over 30 authors from across the country are contributing to the issue. Among article topics are:

  • What we know about including students with the most significant cognitive disabilities in general education classrooms
  • Implementation strategies for inclusive service delivery
  • Transforming the social landscape of students with and without disabilities
  • The movement for full inclusion of students with disabilities in Catholic Schools
  • Co-teaching and other adult collaboration as a key to inclusive learning
  • Shifting the culture and systems of schools to support inclusivity
  • Preparing teachers and paraeducators to teach all students
  • Personal stories from families and educators

According to TIES Center Director, Sheryl Lazarus, “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to be involved in creating this issue of the Impact magazine. We see it as an outstanding resource for providing information and supporting important conversations among teachers, administrators, policymakers, and families regarding the benefits of thoughtfully created and sustained inclusive school communities.”

Sign up today to receive a free copy of this upcoming Impact issue . Past issues of Impact, which for 30 years have been a powerful tool in promoting community inclusion of people with disabilities across the lifespan, are available on ICI’s website.

The TIES Center is the national technical assistance center on inclusive practices and policies for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. NCEO, which is part of ICI, leads the TIES Center partnership that also includes the Arizona Department of Education, CAST, University of Cincinnati, University of Kentucky, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, and University of North Carolina-Greensboro.