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Effective Teaching Strategies for Inclusive Special Education

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A key component of inclusive special education is the use of teaching strategies or interventions that have strong evidence of effectiveness and the avoidance of interventions that lack evidence of effectiveness. Teachers need to be able to identify the children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in their classes and follow the practical guidelines for teaching them that are presented in the previous chapter. However, they need to go beyond this. They need to make sure that they use instructional strategies and interventions that have proven effectiveness for addressing the learning difficulties and managing the behavioral challenges which children with SEND present. This includes using interventions for facilitating the learning of academic skills such as reading, writing, and arithmetic, as well as the broader communication, social, and vocational skills necessary for independent living. It also includes using interventions for managing behavioral difficulties at individual, small-group, and class-wide levels.

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Hornby, G. (2014). Effective Teaching Strategies for Inclusive Special Education. In: Inclusive Special Education. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1483-8_4

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