Center on Inclusive Education - CIE

06/25/2025

Effective IEPs include a high-quality Present Levels Statement. This guide provides a way to enhance IEPs by incorporating a participation assessment.

04/22/2025

Its that time of year!
Great resource. Thank you Evolve & Effect, LLC

IEP season is coming! Friendly reminder of some Placement Decision Dos & Don'ts!

Image text: Ensuring LRE in Placement Decisions

DO
Prepare by exploring supplementary aids and services (SAS) that will facilitate placement in general education classes, settings, and extracurriculars.
Start with the school and classes the child/youth would attend if nondisabled.
Check that the team includes someone with demonstrated success facilitating placement in general education.
Implement SAS that facilitate placement in regular class(es) and participation with nondisabled peers.
Utilize supports for school personnel for training and collaborative planning.

DON'T
Wait until the meeting to consider possible SAS that will facilitate placement in general education classes, settings, and extracurriculars.
Assume general education classes, settings, and extracurriculars won’t work.
Avoid the need for expertise by someone with demonstrated success achieving satisfactory placement in general education.
Exclude SAS that facilitate placement in regular class(es) and participation with nondisabled peers.
Neglect supports that school personnel will need, like training and collaborative planning time, to facilitate placement in general education.

04/22/2025

Are you interested in building a comprehensive MTSS model for ALL students? Here is your chance!

MTSS is a data-driven, proactive framework that aims to identify and address student needs early on, ensuring that all students receive the support they need to succeed. ALL IN will be offering a comprehensive training protocol for school-based teams with Michael McSheehan, expert in all things MTSS. Michael will work with teams during 8 in-person, full day, centrally located sessions in NJ. Applications will become available in late spring for any schools that would like to engage in this new, fee-based service with ALL IN.

🔗Have questions? Please RSVP to one of our information sessions here https://forms.gle/JUyR89SayLszgJzd6 to learn more!

03/07/2025

"Something is terribly wrong with a special education system that consistently fails those it is supposed to help."
"This is a system that needs radical reform."

After flunking middle school classes, he sued to gain access to a high school appropriate for his needs. Today, he is an undergraduate at UC Berkeley.

03/04/2025

How ARE we all doing?
Thanks Evolve and Effect for these great resources!

Introductory resources on inclusive education compiled by Evolve & Effect, LLC.

02/04/2025

Thanks Evolve & Effect for sharing the terrific short video on research supporting inclusive education!

New research confirms that the best way to serve students with disabilities is in general ed—not siloed in special education classrooms.Sign up for our month...

01/10/2025

This is important!
How do we continue to justify separate placements for students w disabilities?

Research shows including students with and without disabilities in the same classroom can benefit everyone. Two students with Down syndrome show what can be gained when that happens.

12/06/2024

If you are at TASH, don’t miss this session!

View more about this event at 2024 TASH Conference

10/17/2024

We are riding this train!! Can’t wait to learn more!

We are excited to announce our plenary session "All Aboard the Inclusion Express: MTSS and UDL on the Journey to Success!" with Michael McSheehan!

Michael McSheehan’s life work has been at the intersection of disability and K-12 education. He is a systems-thinker, an implementation specialist, and a leader in the field of multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) and inclusive education.

Be sure to register before 11/1 to receive the Early Bird discount! Head over to www.njcie.org/winter for more details.

10/17/2024

Supplementary aids and services enable children with disabilities to learn and grow in general education alongside their nondisabled peers. In this course you will gain resources and tools to make that happen.

09/07/2024

Check out this opportunity to learn why and how to adopt and spread innovative practices!

And let us know what you think…

This course provides an introduction to Diffusion of Innovations and how to apply it to spread ideas in education. It is designed for teacher leaders and school or district administrators who are trying to get others to adopt and use new practices.

08/30/2024

Have you registered? This, hands down, is one of the best inclusive education events in the country!

Did you know that an advantage of inclusive education for children with disabilities, as well as, their typically developing peers, is the opportunity for meaningful friendships? Are you an educator or parent who would like to foster positive peer relationships? You need to be at the 2024 PEAK Parent Center Conference on Inclusive Education!

✏️ Educators receive an estimated 8 contact credits

⏰ REGISTER TODAY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!
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