Think Inclusive

Watch the episode on YouTube How Poway Unified Transformed Special Education | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Megan Gross — Special education teacher (14 years) and teacher on special assignment supporting inclusive practices and leading professional learning for K–12 teams in the Poway Unified school district. 2017 California Teacher of the Year and co‑author of The Inclusion Toolbox (with Dr. Jenny Kurth) and ParaEducate (with Renay […]

One middle school that I consulted with wanted some suggestions on how to improve their inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in specials (art, music, and physical education). A special education teacher walked me down to the art classroom, where the art teacher prepared for her next class. In the large art room, there were […]

Watch the episode on YouTube. Creating Effective Participation Plans for Student | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Dr. Jennifer (“Jenny”) Kurth is an associate professor of special education at the University of Kansas. Her work centers on inclusive education for students with extensive and pervasive support needs, and she co-developed practical “participation plans” that general […]

Watch the episode on YouTube Alfie Kohn on Whether Behaviorism Belongs in the C | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Alfie Kohn — Author and speaker on human behavior, education, and parenting; writer of 14 books and hundreds of articles; lectures at education conferences, universities, parent groups, and corporations. Known for Punished by Rewards and widely cited […]

Watch the episode on YouTube Why UDL Is Not Just Differentiation: A Conversatio | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Katie Novak is an internationally renowned education consultant, practicing education leader, and graduate instructor at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. She designs and presents workshops on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), MTSS, inclusive […]

Watch this episode on YouTube Why I Call Myself An Inclusionist | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Solo episode featuring Tim Villegas — host of Think Inclusive and Director of Communications at MCIE. In this episode, Tim shares his journey from teaching in self-contained (“segregated”) classrooms to advocating for inclusive education system-wide, including a later district-level […]

Watch the episode on YouTube. The Best of Think Inclusive Volume 1 | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Episode Summary This bonus “best of” pulls together five moments that have shaped how we talk about inclusion on Think Inclusive: defining what it really means to be an “inclusionist,” why leadership and school culture matter more […]

In 2003, Cecil County Public Schools (CCPS) educated students with significant disabilities very differently than they do now. At the time, they were known as a “center school district,” meaning students with significant disabilities were bussed away from their neighborhood schools to attend specialized schools. “There was never even an idea that a child with […]

Watch the episode on YouTube. The Baked Potato Approach: Shelley Moore on Inclus | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s) Shelley Moore — Vancouver, BC–based inclusive education consultant, teacher, researcher, speaker, and storyteller. She’s the author of One Without the Other, a follow‑up to her TEDx talk “Under the Table,” and the creator/host of the Five Moore Minutes video […]

One of the most common reasons people give as a barrier to inclusive education is funding. And it makes sense, right? If we want a genuinely inclusive education for our students, we have to pay for it. Except funding doesn’t have to be a barrier.  Inclusive education is about changing an educational system to be […]