Center on Inclusive Education - CIE

08/10/2025

Another great resource from Evolve & Effect, LLC!

“Do No Harm” in MTSS, RTI, and PBIS

How can we prevent school interventions from doing more harm than good?

Preventing Harm in Tiered Supports: A Practice Brief on Quaternary Prevention introduces an innovative approach adapted from public health—designed to protect students from excessive, harmful, or trauma-inducing practices.

It provides:
• Clear examples by tier (MTSS, RTI, PBIS)
• Reflection questions for school teams
• Rubrics and indicators for safe, effective interventions

Download now and start building safer, more supportive learning environments:https://www.evolveandeffect.com/_files/ugd/d5d0d3_6fdcb7d43bbc490e9e1a9d1278dec835.pdf

08/05/2025

Check out this fabulous resource shared by Evolve & Effect, LLC in partnership with Disability Equality Education!

Disability Equality Education brings a unique disability perspective to education as we have developed a strong network of experts on inclusive education through lesson plans and resources. We believe that disability in education has to be part of all diversity and intersectional conversations.

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.