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I gained insight into common struggles and challenges among schools in diverse parts of the world. I know that I am not alone in this and there is a whole bunch of practitioners, social experts and academics with whom I exchange experience and knowledge. 

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I gained insight into common struggles and challenges among schools in diverse parts of the world. I know that I am not alone in this and there is a whole bunch of practitioners, social experts and academics with whom I exchange experience and knowledge. 

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I am planning to take all the lessons home with me and make sure I tailor my classroom management in accordance with standards and best practices.

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I am fortunate to be part of a school that is a LSEN mainstream school. So even though we follow the mainstream curriculum, we adapt it to suit our learners. We have learners with ADHD, epileptic, behavioural problems, limited vision, etc. So have therapists on site to help not only the learners, but also the educators, to be the best. Our school is a family, and as you know we do anything to help family.

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I have so many challenges, but i think the biggest one is to look for a community support to help each other but specially those kids with disabilities in my school.  They really need help from everyone who can do it.  Teachers may have a great attitude but without family help or the community help  we are lost as well as our kids.

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I have made many little changes over this period but some I couldn't capture in a picture eg. my attitude. The first I'd like to mention is the soap recipes I adapted to encourage our intellectually challenged children to read them independently. It was really interesting to see how such a small change made such a huge impact on how confidently they tackled the task. The second is our decision to make our website inclusive to ensure that the information is accessible to EVERYONE. Thank you for this special journey.

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We had an asperger child who won a certificate for best progress in his grade, had almost deaf/blind, child in a wheelchair for a year, child with a disability - one leg shorter, falls easily; severe ADHD, not many poverty...
Once I taught a grade 2 class. We had our yearly survey and we still had to count. I discovered that I had 7 different languages in my class, even Chinese and Taiwanese! That also means 7 cultures... I think we are on track, just not ready for wheelchairs in all grades because of buildings that are not suitable. Thank you for an interesting coarse.
If our hearts have empathy, we will win and overcome obsticles.

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Education For All: Disability, Diversity & Inc

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Education For All: Disability, Diversity & Inc

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The course describes the most frequent disabilities encountered in the classroom: learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), intellectual disabilities, behavioral disorders, and physical disabilities and sensory impairments. The course provides key information about each of these disabilities and describes practical strategies on how to assist and teach students with these disabilities.
This education course of great interest to professionals in the education sector who would like a greater knowledge and understanding of working with students with special educational needs, and to all students who are interested in special education.

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The course describes the most frequent disabilities encountered in the classroom: learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), intellectual disabilities, behavioral disorders, and physical disabilities and sensory impairments. The course provides key information about each of these disabilities and describes practical strategies on how to assist and teach students with these disabilities.
This education course is of great interest to professionals in the education sector who would like a greater knowledge and understanding of working with students with special educational needs, and to all students who are interested in special education.

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For inclusive education to be successful, it is essential that accommodations are made available to learners each step of the way for their needs to be fulfilled. This starts with implementing policies in schools and maintaining these policies through regular upkeep and ongoing adaptation of these policies.  Integrating diverse learners with diverse needs involves awareness of the learner and his situation, based on this knowledge, the teacher can decide which pedagogy to use to suit this learner, where to position the learner in the classroom for effective learning and what resources can be provided and used by the learner in order to create an environment for optimal learning.

Ruth Lefevre.

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Inclusive education is a right and should be given to all with dignity and respect. Many aspects can be utilized in this endevour and we need to vouch for the success of this project globally - Shaifa

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Inclusion is a path we all need to follow for a better world. To keep working towards inclusion, attitude is the first step, education the second and society the third. We need to break stigmas, change minds and work around ourselves and others so that inclusion is not a process only happening in classrooms but everywhere else.

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To Do List:
Strengthen current bonds with Parents, SGB, Churches, Schools, sports clubs, Law Enforcement and health departments.
Connect with NGO's, NPO's, Local Councillor and Govt Departments like Public Works Department and Social Welfare.
Invite a couple of business owners and the local councillor to tea and tell them what our plans are for our school.
A. James (South Africa)

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A super on-line lesson on Inclusive Education. Many thanks to the tutors and to fellow teachers. I have red all of their posts and resources.
Lets move ...forward. Lets change ...the map.
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Annelien Crous

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it has been a very educative six weeks and it has helped me draw up a detailed map of the road i hope to create towards a successful school that practises inclusive education. i plan to create more awareness in the community of the role the community can play in aiding special needs and disabled students to a smooth learning process and being a great supportive system.

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This past 6 weeks has been an incredible opportunity to connect and share with people worldwide who are interested and invested in inclusive education.
As a teacher I am constantly trying to find ways to be inclusive of all learners within my learning context. I have become more aware of how i need to more frequently reflect on my practices and that of my school to ensure that I am engaging in best practice for the learners within my classroom.
I have also had my eyes opened to the vast array of community resources that I can and should be connecting with to ensure that my inclusive education model is growing and nurturing those I teach in order to best potential experience.

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It is so important that we are all interested in pursuing inclusion in all schools regardless of the economic situation or other barriers. In the end it is the combined effort of a few that can make the difference to many.
Thank you for the course and reminding me of the importance of acceptance, opportunity and support as part of any educational setting. It also shows that leadership can come from any quarter  and it is not a simple process but a necessary one.
Annia Dear
PS Principal
Kazakhstan

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My school is a university in Japan and I am working as a project researcher and develop some functions for learning management system. So, I’d like to imagine an innovation using LMS.

My proposal to teachers in my university consists of 2 steps. At first, I want to introduce the concept of the inclusive education and the practical case using LMS to support students who have disabilities such as weak sights, learning disorders, and physical disabilities who have difficulties to go to classroom. The information will be introduced on a website or short seminars for teachers. Second, I want to make a learning community. In this community, teachers can ask support to technical staffs to customize LMS to support students with disabilities and can share practical cases with the other teachers.

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Empathy is the key to the inclusion

This course reinforce what I always think and always do .
To have a real inclusion the teacher, the school board have to put themselves in the position of a desabled student. If the teacher feels what the desabled student feels the teacher will do her or his best in order to the desabled student could develop all his or her potential .

In This photo I am in de middle of my 60 students in an orphanage. Children with several kinds of cognitives issues. Year :1990.The inclusion was amazing , All of them felt equal and included.

Rosangela Caldas Paes.
Brazil

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A very interesting course. By working together, changing attitudes and using resources around us, we can achieve inclusion.

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Drawing of my brainmap for an inclusive preschool (includes notes about increased parent participation, physical accessibility for the building, and partnerships for food provision and transportation)

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Drawing of my brainmap for an inclusive preschool (includes notes about increased parent participation, physical accessibility for the building, and partnerships for food provision and transportation)

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Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry for visually impaired students at Blantyre Secondary School, Malawi. Gillon Bula

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Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry for visually impaired students at Blantyre Secondary School, Malawi. Gillon Bula

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Education for all
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This course has helped me fully understand what all is  involved in making a space inclusive; there is so much more to it than making your school accessible or who can benefit from inclusive education.

From here I will be using inclusive education on my Masters Degree thesis as I look at learners who experience learning difficulties. It will give me more insight into affecting issues around a learner who experiences any form of barrier to learning. It is also something that I will take with me into the classroom and how, when I eventually get there, I will be as a teacher when I start teaching and how my classroom, learners and classroom interactions will influence how I promote Inclusive Education!

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These past 6 weeks have been very informative. I have learnt more about inclusive education and what I can personally do to make a difference. However, what was interesting was getting an international perspective about inclusion. Most of the time one tends to see inclusion within his own context, however, throughout this course I became more aware about the various struggles different countries face when it comes to including children with disability.

At the end of the day, for inclusion to be successful, all the stake holders (parents,the students themselves, schools, communities, professionals, various organisations, the government itself etc) need to be involved. Together we will be able to provide all students with an adequate education which is a right for all.

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Environmental barriers for inclusive education

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Environmental barriers for inclusive education

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I will continue trying to share the knowledge acquired on this course with others and help break down the barriers to inclusion.
Flexible lesson plans have been very helpful in meeting various needs in the classroom, and a lack of resources won't stop us providing the best we can!

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I will continue to share the knowledge acquired on this course, hopefully helping to reduce social stigma and overcome any barriers to inclusion. Flexible lesson plans are helping to accommodate children with various needs, and a lack of resources won't stop us!

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Borrowing the image from the course

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Borrowing the «wording» of one of the weeks (by Ida Brandão)

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To express in a picture what has been debated during the course is always difficult, by Ida Brandão

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It has been an amazing 6 weeks in this course and learning new things from all over the world on what is working and how it's working and the many best practices which can be adapted here.

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Let us make inclusive education a reality even in poor communities - Nozipho Tembo

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I work in special education and came to this course hoping to find out how inclusion might be different in another part of the world. I searched for this information because I had found it difficult to conceptually apply inclusion practices from an affluent country where I live and work to my home country in which inclusion is still developing. Therefore, I found the emphasis on culturally-sensitive and community-oriented inclusion most useful in Education for All. The class gave me answers as well as tools. It has also inspired me to pursue further education in this area. Thank you!!

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It is time to protect our most vulnerable; Disabled children need our help! 

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It is time to protect our most vulnerable; Disabled children need our help! 

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Now is the time to become involved more than ever. Betsy DeVos is the United States' new Secretary of Education, and she is not for inclusive education at all! She doesn't believe disabled children should be covered by federal protections in schools. She may have power, but she'll never have as much power as "we the people" when we stand together and fight-together.

This course opened my heart and my mind. We cannot pretend that problems don't exist just because we're not the ones experiencing them. From this moment on, I want to be involved. I want to be a voice for those who don't have one or ever have. There's so much more to a community than the individuals in it. It takes more. And I'm going to share the resources from this course, exchange ideas, learn about the schools in my area, attend a towns hall meeting, write to my representatives, sign petitions and listen. Most importantly listen. Listen to parents, to disabled children, to teachers, etc. Society needs to do just that.

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This pics are about awareness  campaigns about Down Syndrome.
Ingrid Acevedo.

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I've been trying toimplement project-based task with my students, and pair work. In this way they can learn with and help each other and interact. They get to know each other.

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Made students realise posters using glogster app

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What I have learnt from this course is that every human being has the right to enroll in any educational program. However, there are barriers that people with disability have to face but the mankind is the one who needs to break those barriers and make life easy for everyone else.

I intend to do more research on learning disabilities in order to implement what I have and will acquire in my teaching practice.

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An effort by a group of individuals with a disability to create legislation for an inclusive community. Please endorse our page to show your support.

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Indeed it has been an amazing 6 weeks of learning and unlearning too even as we engage on a global platform to see how we can see an inclusive community for persons with disabilities. Indeed the training has been made simple and the same time very effective with great resources to learn even after the course

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Indeed it has been an amazing 6 weeks of learning and unlearning too even as we engage on a global platform to see how we can see an inclusive community for persons with disabilities. Indeed the training has been made simple and the same time very effective with great resources to learn even after the course

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Inclusive education is not solely the school's responsibility, all of us, communities, parents, teachers, government, NGO's including the learners, need to be involved. All children, despite their disabilities, deserve the right to education. Every child has an opportunity to learn, irrespective of where they come from. Bonding, Bridging and Linking - we can all make a difference!!

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All children learn from each other regardless of ability or disability, therefore, inclusive education is vital

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The improvements in our system since I started teaching have been huge. Children were always included but they weren't necessarily supported with the right resources to make it possible for them to be included properly in classes. Thankfully there have been huge improvements here and it has made the world of difference to the children. I think of some of the children I have taught and am delighted that they did so well. There is always areas that could be improved and those tips that we were given with regards the environment of the classroom will be very useful. I would like to keep compiling a list like that for our school so that we can put interventions in quickly to help children when they arrive. I'd also like to be able to learn more about specific syndromes that I don't know much about. Another area that I am very interested in is the area of playground leaders. I think it would be very useful to learn more about this so that when children arrive who may need support, not necessarily children with SEN, they can get support from other children.

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Let's use our social capital to best effect. Everyone should have the chance to learn. (Susie Eardley)

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The notion of Social Capital is most appealing to me. I realize now that it cannot be done alone: Bonding, Bridging, Linking

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It was an incredible opportunity to connect myself with all the world to discuss inclusive education. I'm strongly motivated to apply all knowledge learned in this course.

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When working together, we can fulfill our needs and the needs of our children better. We might think that we know everything and everyone, but when we convert wirt each other, we'll find that son where someone else knows about so we thing else!

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Loved the opportunity to connect with people from so many countries, all committed to promoting inclusion and reducing barriers to education and participation in society.

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My personal journal or better my learning diary for whole this course is the above. Thank you very much for the opportunity to participate with you. Grateful!

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https://view.vzaar.com/6429775/video Video transcript https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/education-for-all/1/steps/74165#transcript-en Millions of children around the world are not in school - often because they are judged to be too different. For children, the right to education has been re...

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It does not only help learners with special needs. These help all students with their unique needs. We do this to make the social capital of our communities stronger in the next generation!

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Inclusion.
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I have learnt more about inclusion and I am hoping to implement this by talking with different professionals at the school I work at.

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Linking refugees with specialised agencies

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Linking refugees with specialised agencies

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I have linked education programme staff in two of the refugee camps in which my organisations works with specialist agencies working on inclusion, who will undertake an inclusion audit of our learning sites and help us make them more inclusive. The next step is the entire organisation...

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It's been great to get a wider international perspective and to hear from some great practitioners their stories of providing an equal education with very little resources but with a real positive outlook!

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Inclusion does not only refer to disabled students, it also refers to all the students we have in class. As we know, every student is different from the other.

I think it's important to know tis, because when we are mentioned about inclusion we always think of disabled kids, but in my opinion all students should be included, either of they have a disability or not.

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may be desirable but individualism can be divisive, or specialisation can be needed too, in order to promote equality of access and of opportunity, in education and in life.

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I have taken inspiration from the EU flag, using circles of different colours and sizes as a metaphor for human diversity, in my symbol of inclusion.

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Inclusion is much more about using the available resources (which are much greater than I first realised) and my attitude as much as it is about the actual experience in the classroom (though that is important as well). I agree that it is far more a community endeavour and we need to actively support any measures taken at any level for inclusion.

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I tried to involve the parents of my children in "Inclusion" theme, I spoke with them and at the same time I tried and I will try to keep in touch with them. I want them to feel confident to speak to me about childrens' problems and help them to solve them. Try to do the best for the child cooperating with parents and all the different groups in society.

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I have learned more about what inclusion really is. It is not concern of the schools only, then the whole community. It is about giving the same chances to everyone.

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Educating all and everyone is a task for communities of practice... 

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Educating all and everyone is a task for communities of practice... 

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Adults, young people and children that - TOGETHER - identify barriers and plan strategies to overcome them in order to ensure rights to education, full development and participation. Building up networks for sharing of information, skills, knowledge is crucial to realize our human potential and social capital.

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One of our children's smile is enough to keep motivated. Keep that smile in your heart.

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Begin with;
Valuing difference and respecting all types of learning needs.
Knowing what resources I have to work with both inside and outside of the classroom.
Who in my community and network can be part of the inclusive journey with me?
Look at the barriers to inclusion in my school, how can we begin to break these down?
Reassess my physical classroom, does it meet the needs of all students?
How will i accommodate additional learning needs for required tasks?

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Inclusion involves changing our mind set:
- Life is not about competence but about cooperation.
- There are differences in people, accommodating for differences make the experience richer for everyone.
- Not-inclusive school are teaching our kids it is OK to exclude.
Current capitalism is incompatible with inclusion, and therefore with life.

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This particular course-and especially the last exercise, has encouraged me to look beyond theory and to actually start engaging people I already know in this conversation. A tool tat I was using (LinkedIn) was being used for entirely different purposes. But, as I went through my list-and then considered the groups with whom I had already engaged, again for very different reasons, I realized that I could help

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Inclusion means breaking down those barriers and making sure every child fulfils their right to learn and are given the opportunity and encouragement to learn. Together we can make inclusion work!

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Inclusion is about beginning the conversations that will build the opportunities for all students.

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Inclusion is the building blocks of a successful classroom and school. When students feel valued and part of the group, they become engaged and motivated to master learning and to participate in the educational journey. By adapting our environment through collaboration with families and communities, we ensure that each and every student feels empowered and valued. This is the aim for my classroom: having engaged, passionate learners that feel welcome, part of a team and respected by everyone else around them.

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We're all different but the same, everyone should be given the chance to be included

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Learning by doing

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Give more opportunities for children to express how things are for them in class. When I don't get things right for them, I'll act on what they have said to better meet their identified needs and the needs they have identified.

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these are the most powerful words that I will take with me everywhere and everyday

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This course has given me a deeper insight into inclusion.
My next steps are ensuring that I take these factors into consideration when teaching.
I also would like to be part of a community that shares these values.

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Welcoming Inclusion With Open Arms- Danielle C

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Welcoming Inclusion With Open Arms- Danielle C

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I will make my classroom the building blocks to a more inclusive school; together we will welcome inclusion with open arms!

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Takes more effort/ encouragement to make sure all are included rather than the few.