Term
Summer 2017
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MAEd
Facilitator(s)
Susan Manikowski
Abstract
The research question addressed in this capstone project was what are best practices for creating an inclusive language arts program in grades 1-5 in an elementary school? It documents the history of special education and inclusion in the United States, least restrictive environment (LRE), benefits and barriers to inclusion as well as strategies to create an inclusive language arts setting. The author uses research to prepare and present a PowerPoint presentation to licensed teachers to be used as staff development. The PowerPoint presentation addresses the history of special education and inclusion, how LRE is determined, benefits and barriers to inclusion, strategies for creating an inclusive language arts setting as well as how students are selected for inclusion in language arts, service time for students in this setting as well as a comparison of standardized test scores between a school using the inclusive language arts model and one which does not. Supplemental material are also provided for ongoing staff development including information on specific disabilities.
Project Type
Action Research, staff development
Keywords
Special Education, Staff Development
Recommended Citation
Smith, Jodi Lyn, "Inclusion Of Students With Mild To Moderate Disabilities In Grades 1-5 Mainstream Language Arts Classrooms" (2017). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 2.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/2
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text
dc_publisher
DigitalCommons@Hamline
dc_format
application/pdf
dc_source
School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations