Foundations of Inclusion

Inclusive education is a philosophy with a set of associated attitudes and approaches to
educating all children.

• True
• False

U.S. schools, society needs to
have and maintain several __________ that are the foundations for inclusive education.

A student who is integrated has more opportunities to interact with his or
her peers than a child who is

• Exclusion

• Mainstreamed

• Intergrated

• Inclusion

When a school environment
supports mainstreaming, as represented in
the box in the upper right corner, we can see
that the student with disabilities must be
able to fit into the existing structures of the
general education class.

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Supporting and including others has benefits for
everyone. It only makes sense that public education aligns itself with the values and supports
that exist in our society. Whose responsibility is this? (check all that apply)

• Everyone

• Society

• Schools

• Government