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The article describes inclusion by saying, "Inclusion is not only legal, it's the right thing to do." It can be hard describing inclusion because the topic is not black and white. It is very case sensitive depending on the individual's IEP. Inclusion needs many things to work. These things include support from staff and students, time, training, organization and most of all, communication between everyone involved. The inclusion program that Suzy Ruder implemented at her school was like the one I described previously. The special education students took only one or two general education classes a day and stayed in their special education classes the rest of the time. They started small so it was easier to track each students progress and see the effects of inclusion. Inclusion only works if the child is succeeding. There are some pitfalls involved to prevent inclusion from succeeding. Inclusion can be very intimidating to regular education teachers who have been in the teaching field a long time and have never encountered inclusion before. Their imitation can turn into resistance, mostly because they do not know how to deal with the change. The staff at Suzy Ruders school had trained up to two years prior in order to prepare for the change. Training is extremely important so that teachers can learn how to teach all their students, and adapt the curriculum where needed, to do that. I think that all teachers should be certified to teach special education. It can't be avoided in today's school districts. Almost every class has some special needs students involved. It is the teacher's responsibility to teach all their students, not just general education. Times are changing in our schools, it is time that teacher education programs adapt to these changes so the teachers coming into the field are prepared to meet the challenges they will face, such as inclusion. .
A lack of communication can also be a major pitfall.
