preparing teachers for inclusion
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Preparing Teachers for Inclusion
Teachers as Team Members
• Diversity• Team work/collaboration• Differentiated curriculum and instruction• Joint Position Statement
1. developmental nature
2. families
3. DAP and individual appropriateness
4. inclusive service delivery
5. culturally competent professional actions
6. collaboration
• Teacher’s concerns
• Supplemental training
Applied Developmental Approach
• Review of Developmental Principles*developmental sequence*interrelationships among developmental
domains*developmental inconsistencies*transactional process*contingent stimulation*readiness to learn*teachable moments*milieu teaching: meeting the children where they are; responding to match skill level; introduce a novelty that challenges
Characteristics of Effective Teachers
Teacher as a Mediator
• Scaffolding• Mediated learning• Generalizations