Inclusive+Classrooms




 * All attendees must prepare a case study to share at this workshop. Choose a student with a special need or who you feel could be more included in the classroom programmes and routines. We will target planning and teaching for during this day. Bringing some assessment information to talk to may be appropriate (depending on the situation) your observations are a form of data, you may like to record these to refer to, or previous to this session sit and watch the student for a short period of time. Dunedin is a small place so please remove the child's name from any work samples etc and be prepared to refer to your student with a pseudo name or refer to them as my student, rather than using their name in our discussions.**


 * ** 9:00 **


 * 9:15 **



9:45 ** ||  || ** Introduction to each other and the agenda for the day ** **Case studies** Each teacher is to prepare to share their own case study (the reason they have selected this workshop). As a group we will explore the concept of identifying particular need of student and then pick on one or two to work on at a time, the aim will be to promote inclusive practice in the classroom.


 * //Skype Guest Speaker- Dennis Thompson (Lyall Bay School Principal, Wellington)//** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * **10:30** ||  || //** Morning Tea **// ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **11:00**



12:00 ** ||  || ** Resources for Specific Needs ** The best resource for helping any student is the student themselves and their family/ whanau. Make sure you build a strong and supportive relationship with the people who can make the biggest difference.

[|Narrative Assessment] [|JOST- Junior Oral Language Screen Tool] [|Searching the MOE database] [|Gifted and Talented TKI Communtiy] MOE CD Roms
 * Ministry of Education**

With all these sites, be careful, stay critical. You know what good teaching is and remember the aim is inclusion. There are fantastic resources here, but it is what you do with them that counts, these should help to include not exclude by providing resources for a withdrawl programme or things to give a Teaching Assistant! be aware of sites that are American based, the IEP is a legal document in the US so much of the advice etc is about compliance with laws not necessarily teaching and learning practices.
 * Free Web Resources**

I have listed these in order of usefulness.

[|SEN Teacher] Awesome resource, could save you hours making games for students targetted IEP goals etc, free download games not all can work on Mac and PC.

[|Do2Learn] Fantastic site, heaps of free resources. Particularly useful for students on the ASD spectrum.

[|Teaching Tips. Com] This site has lots of links organised under specific areas of need, can help you quickly find resources or ideas.

[|SERI- Special Education Resources on the Internet] An organised list of Internet resources online, most give general advice and some are of a higher quality than others, be critical.

Such as [|Speech and Language Advice] for teachers from English National Health Service [|Speech Teach UK] [|Carol's Speech Language Homepage] games and activities- play these first yourself.
 * Speech and Language**
 * Please don't use these in place of advice from you Speech Language Therapist**, this might be advice you could use critically if you can not access this support, please use this with consultation with parents. Make sure students feel positive about this work rather than singled out or excluded. Be very wary of some of the games and watch for foreign accents, play all of the games yourself first to be sure they will benefit you student/s. Nothing will substitute authentic and supportive conversations with your students. If you are going to use the below resources make sure students get the chance to use what they have focused on in authentic contexts.

[|Developmental Milestones]
 * Occupational Therapy**
 * Please don't use these in place of advice from you Occupational Therapist**, this might be advice you could use critically if you can not access this support, please use this with consultation with parents. Make sure students feel positive about this work rather than singled out or excluded, be sure they will benefit you student/s. Nothing will substitute authentic and supportive activities with your students. If you are going to use the below resources make sure students get the chance to use what they have focused on in authentic contexts e.g. games with the whole class, or brain breaks for everyone. You might use this information in conjunction with advice and support from your occupational therapist to understand some of the terms they may use, nothing replaces asking them. You are a learner, this is not our professional, but it is our responsibility to become informed.

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 * Special Education Blogs**

[|Article about assistive technologies] [] [] ClickerAssistive technologies look at other read/speak tools see blogs.
 * Assistive Technologies**

[|Social Stories]


 * Meeting Needs without Excluding **- **How and Why?** ||  || Link to other communities for specific help

=== [|Centre for Assistive Technologies] ===

[|ESOL]
It's all there!





[|Clicker Licenses] [|Clicker ANZ Edition] ||  ||
 * After Lunch ||  || ** Guest Speaker- Janice Fraser

Case Study Brainstorm and Planning **

Each person will gather ideas which they may be able to work with to target student need and inclusion into the classroom. We will discuss how ICT could support your work. Teachers will have opportunities to trail these options. Teachers can begin to plan to support this student and equipment will be provided for you to start making resources to solve some issues which are currently excluding students from the normal classroom programme or causing challenges within your class. ||  ||   ||   ||