Building Your Inclusive Classroom Av Verity Lush

Building Your Inclusive Classroom explores why we need to adapt our teaching – and our approaches to children and young people – and how this will support the achievement of everyone in the classroom, including the teacher. It will help educators in mainstream settings, across all key stages, to adapt not only their resources but also their approaches for children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) and their peers.This accessible resource provides a toolkit of ideas, methods, and motivation to enable teachers to make their classrooms fully inclusive. Chapters present the most effective evidence-based approaches – exploring both relational, restorative practice and traditional methods – to provide the foundations upon which to build inclusive classrooms. The book:Offers practical suggestions along with examples and case studiesIncludes reflective questions to encourage readers to consider their current settingsProvides clear summaries and breakdowns of key guidelines and conceptsDoes the heavy lifting for you and presents evidence-based approaches in an engaging mannerIncorporates the voices of staff and parents throughoutInspires the reader to take risks, enhance current practice, and to make meaningful change for children and young people.Adaptive teaching has traversed beyond just the mini-whiteboard and the writing frame, and we need now, more than ever, to differentiate and adapt our approaches too, for children both with and without diagnosed SEND. This book will be essential reading for mainstream teachers, Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities Co-ordinators (SENDCOs) and trainee teachers, across all key stages.