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Inclusion is ensuring that all the children can attempt the activity at a all round skill level

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Students are active in class, challenged and supported in their learning

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Inclusive environment can be created by knowing students one by one and providing them equal opportunities to participate.

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Creating a space where every learner gets the opportunity to progress regardless of their starting point.

An environment where the adverse impacts that a students background or abilities can have are minimalized and neutralised in terms of the effect it will have on their learning.

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creating an environment where kids feel safe and feel they are an equal part of the class regardless of their abilities

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Teaching that takes everyone's abilities into account and where students are fully engaged and respected.

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A classroom where students are participating in collaboration activities, where they can communicate to share their ideas and opinions

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setting a code of conduct including supporting all the differing level within the class. Everyone helping Everyone

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All students are involved in the activity

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Involvement and engagement of all students no matter their cultural backgrounds, socioeconomic status and level of ability

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Engaging and Entertaining

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An environment where students encourage and include one another in all activities

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Creating an environment that ensures everyone has an equal voice.

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Engaging activities

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meet the students needs and providing equal participation

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Helen
Inclusion means no child feels left out of any experience.  All learners feel like they belong there.

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Helen

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A classroom in which the teacher knows their students well, so they can approach each lesson taking the varying factors for each student in to account.

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students are all participating and respecting each others responses

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creating and maintaining a learning environment in which all participants are fully engaged and respected, and in which all participants are open to ideas, perspectives, and ways of thinking that are distinct from their own.

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Inclusive classroom means when students are able to participate in activities, assessments irrespective of their background, ability, culture etc.

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Everyone is included

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Catering to each students learning needs

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Inclusive is when you  feel free to express your views about something without getting judged.

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Everyone is involved and engaging with the learning activities

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For me, an inclusive classroom is a classroom that has different educational approaches for each student or even groups of students depending on their academic abilities as well as understanding each students needs as an individual/student.

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Making sure everyone is heard.

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Everybody is equal, welcomed, and supported

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An inclusive classroom is a classroom where all students feel a sense of belonging and that their individualities are accepted and embraced.

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Inclusive classrooms means making sure all students are able to engage (understand and absorb) the learning intent.

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Empathy and respect

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Breaking down barriers to learning

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Treating all students equally in their goals to learn and achieve

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Everyone is included

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Everybody of all abilities included in activities within the classroom

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able to teach everyone equally

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An inclusive classroom means everyone has equal opportunities and feels like they belong. An inclusive classroom does not discriminate.

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Equity over equality, All students getting the support they need. No one student is the same.

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Inclusiveness means including everyone in everything :)

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A sense of belonging.

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Inclusion means everyone contributes/ is involved

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Students not left out of learning

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The power of inclusive education | Ilene Schwartz | TEDxEastsidePrep

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Inclusion is where students with and without disabilities work together collaboratively and have a sense of belonging in the class.

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Students do not feel isolated. They feel welcome and equal.

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Melissa - Providing everyone with access to participate and contribute to learning (i.e. supplying resources, not ability grouping, collaborative tasks, rewarding the whole class not just the best students, making everyone accountable for their own work)

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Melissa - Providing everyone with access to participate and contribute to learning (i.e. supplying resources, not ability grouping, collaborative tasks, rewarding the whole class not just the best students, making everyone accountable for their own work)

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Inclusion means making sure that every student has access to the support they need to succeed in the classroom

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Diversity in all shapes and colours

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Collaboratively learning by sharing ideas or through teamwork :)

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You changing your teaching style for the types of students that you are teaching

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I guess this fits :P

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All students feeling a sense of 'belonging' within your classroom

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Everyone participates. Everyone feels part of the group.
Whether students come from diverse backgrounds, or physical abilities, etc.
Students don't feel like they are on the 'outside'.
Absence of rejection and bullying.

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We are one but we are many. We are all Australian.

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Everyone has an equal opportunity to be involved

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All students having an equal voice and feeling included in classroom participation and view points

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Every student is able to redefine the concepts learned in classroom 

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Every student is able to redefine the concepts learned in classroom 

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Team environment

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Everyone is included in class.
Different student abilities are acknowledged

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student voice is welcomed, acknowledged, accepted, encouraged, and involved in the class (in different ways that is comfortable to them BUT also positively challenges them)

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student voice is welcomed, acknowledged, accepted, encouraged, and involved in the class (in different ways that is comfortable to them BUT also positively challenges them)

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everyone is comfortable and welcome

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Children being able to learn at their own pace

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Children of all backgrounds and ability levels are able to participate and contribute to the classroom environment.

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Everyone having the chance to learn in a safe and comfortable environment

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Every child feels comfortable and never feels like they are isolated or underappreciated. They are never are made conscious of their differences. Their abilities are highlighted.

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Everyone is participating and not excluded

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Everyone is participating and not excluded

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Designing lesson and activities to types of learners. "universal design for learning

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When kids are found eligible for special education services, it's common for their families to worry that they'll be placed in a different classroom than other kids their age. But most kids who are eligible for special education spend the majority of their time in general education classrooms. Many of those classrooms are what's known as inclusion (or inclusive) classrooms.

In an inclusion classroom, general education teachers and special education teachers work together to meet the needs of all students.

This is key. As Carl A. Cohn, EdD, executive director of the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, points out, "It's important...to realize that special education students are first and foremost general education students."

Many schools have inclusive classrooms. In part, that's because of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA). This law says that students who get special education services should learn in the " least restrictive environment " (LRE). That means they should spend as much time as possible with students who don't get special education services.

Inclusive classes are set up in a number of ways. Some use a collaborative team teaching (or co-teaching) model. With co-teaching, there's a special education teacher in the room all day.

Other inclusive classes have special education teachers " push in " at specific times during the day to teach (instead of pulling kids out of class to a separate room). In either case, both teachers are available to help all students.

Studies show that inclusion is beneficial for all students-not just for those who get special education services. In fact, research shows that inclusive education has positive short-term and long-term effects for all students.

Kids with special education needs who are in inclusive classes are absent less often. They develop stronger skills in reading and math. They're also more likely to have jobs and pursue education after high school.

The same research shows that their peers benefit, too. They're more comfortable with and more tolerant of differences. They also have increased positive self-esteem and diverse, caring friendships.

Read on to learn more benefits of inclusive classrooms.

1. Tailors Teaching for All Learners

All students learn differently. This is a principle of inclusive education. In an inclusive classroom, teachers weave in specially designed instruction and support that can help students make progress. These strategies are helpful for all students. Kids may be given opportunities to move around or use fidgets. And teachers often put positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) in place.

Another key teaching strategy is to break students into small groups. When teachers use small groups, they can tailor their teaching to the way each student learns best. This is known as differentiated instruction.

Teachers meet the needs of all students by presenting lessons in different ways and using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. For example, they may use multisensory instruction. In math, that may mean using visual aids and manipulatives like cubes or colored chips to help kids learn new concepts. (See more examples of multisensory math techniques.)

Some classrooms may have an interactive whiteboard. On it, kids can use their fingers to write, erase, and move images around on the large screen. This teaching tool can also be used to turn students' work into a video, which can be exciting for kids and help keep them engaged.

2. Makes Differences Less "Different"

Inclusive classrooms are filled with diverse learners, each of whom has strengths and challenges. Inclusion gives kids a way to talk about how everyone learns in their own way. They may find that they have more in common with other kids than they thought. This can go a long way in helping kids know that difference is just a normal part of life. It can also help kids build and maintain friendships.

3. Provides Support to All Students

In more traditional special education settings, many kids are "pulled out" for related services like speech therapy or for other specialized instruction. An inclusion class often brings speech therapists, reading specialists, and other service providers into the classroom.

These professionals can provide information and suggestions to help all students. If kids aren't eligible for special education but still need some extra support, they can get it informally.

4. Creates High Expectations for All

In an Individualized Education Program (IEP), a student's goals should be based on the academic standards for their state. Those standards lay out what all students are expected to learn in math, reading, science, and other subjects by the end of the school year.

Differentiated instruction and co-teaching in a general education classroom make it easier for students with standards-based IEPs to be taught the same material as their classmates.

In some schools, only certain classrooms are designated as inclusive. In that case, schools may assign general education students randomly to inclusive or noninclusive classes. Other schools may choose students who benefit from the emphasis on meeting the needs of all learners at all ability levels.

Investigate the supports and services that might be available in an inclusion classroom. Explore the various models of collaborative team teaching. And read an interview with an inclusion specialist about what inclusion looks like in action.

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When kids are found eligible for special education services, it's common for their families to worry that they'll be placed in a different classroom than other kids their age.

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Everyone deserves to be heard

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Catering for students of all backgrounds and abilities within the classroom.

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Responsiveness

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Chafia

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For me an inclusive classroom means the following:

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For me an inclusive classroom means the following:

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- Reducing the barriers - so that all children can access the learning

- viewing diversity as a resource
Amanda