Students with special needs traditionally were segregated from their peers and placed in special classes and even special schools. In this motivating “how to” training, Dr. Tom Pomeranz details numerous clinical, instructional, administrative and environmental strategies to make inclusive education a success in the classroom. Tom explains the benefits of inclusive education for both the students with special needs as well as the mainstream student. Tom details how inclusive education results in increased appreciation and acceptance of diversity, prepares all students for adult life in an inclusive society, facilitates meaningful relationships and promotes greater academic outcomes for all students.
Tom provides best practices approaches to address the potentially disruptive conduct of any student. This component of the training provides insights as to how the Psychological & Psychiatric, Biological & Medical, Social & Environmental needs of the student can be identified and met proactively versus reactively. The second component of the training details a variety of skills that must be demonstrated to achieve respectful and sensitive interaction. Insight is given regarding how language, voice intonation, accessibility, touch, humor, voice volume, eye contact and other strategies are the keys to a classroom culture of sensitivity. The third component focuses on best proactive technologies for facilitating skill acquisition. These instructional strategies include supported routines, hierarchy of prompting, environmental engineering, eight characteristics of active learning, material selection and use of peer mentoring.
This session is intended for:
- Curriculum Specialists
- Mainstream Classroom Teachers
- Principals and Vice-Principals
- School Counselors
- School Psychologists
- Special Education Teachers
- Teacher Aides
