Inclusion in Action: Practical Strategies to Modify Your Curriculum

How can K–12 educators break down the barriers to full inclusion and teach all learners effectively? Curriculum modifications are the key—and Nicole Eredics is the expert!

A seasoned educator and creator of popular blog The Inclusive Class, Eredics introduces you to the what and how of inclusion in this motivating, reader-friendly guidebook. You'll start with a big-picture guide to creating an inclusive culture in your classroom and school, with invaluable guidance on key topics like team collaboration, universal design for learning, co-teaching, social-emotional supports, and accommodations. Then you'll get 40 specific, teacher-tested strategies to modify your curriculum for students who work below grade level. Ready to use in your classroom right away, each strategy comes with student goals, simple step-by-step directions and implementation tips, suggested interventions and extensions, and samples of authentic student work that illustrate the strategy in action.

Equally useful as a beginner's guide to inclusion and a goldmine of practical ideas for experienced teachers, this must-have book will help make your curriculum “possible and achievable” for every learner, with and without disabilities.

PRACTICAL MATERIALS: More than a dozen reproducible forms for use with specific modifications; lists of helpful inclusion-themed websites, blogs, books, and videos.

• Learn new vocabulary words
• Understand story structure
• Sequence materials, concepts, and numbers
• Develop recall ability
• Demonstrate relationships among ideas
• Organize information
• Make a representation of a concept
• Identify similarities and differences
• Make decisions based on evidence
• Learn to recognize and correct errors
• and more!

Watch a webinar to get an inside look?

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• The Inclusion Toolbox: Strategies and Techniques for All Teachers
• Social Studies, Literacy, and Social Justice in the Common Core Classroom: A Guide for Teachers
• Universal Design Daily: 365 Ways to Teach, Support, & Challenge All Learners
• Building Academic Language: Meeting Common Core Standards Across Disciplines, Grades 5-12
• Striking a Balance: A Comprehensive Approach to Early Literacy: A Comprehensive Approach to Early Literacy
• Marcelo In The Real World
• The Educator's Handbook for Inclusive School Practices
• It's More Than "Just Being In": : Creating Authentic Inclusion for Students with Complex Support Needs
• Universal Design for Learning in Action: 100 Ways to Teach All Learners