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Hi! How are you? What progress are you making with inclusion in your team, organisation, and community? There are more and more stories of inclusion happening in really creative ways across the UK. All very heart warming. There are also painful stories of struggles, fights and exclusion. There are also stories of peace and collaboration contrasting with those of war and domination. We still have a long way to go.
Because we can change the world
We had an excellent 'Because we can change the world' conference yesterday in Nottingham...lots of great feedback Thanks to all those who attended for making it so successful! Doug Fisher and Mara Sapon-Shevin gave complementary inputs, which included new concepts, ideas, practical strategies encouragement and song!
National US Inclusive Schools Week (Dec. 3-7) We thought you might be interested in this:
Two new papers focusing on our slogan, "Inclusive Schools: Good for Kids,Families, & Communities," are now available on our Web site: http://www.edc.org/urban/nisw.html. The first paper by Ilene Schwartz (University of Washington) and Charlene Green (Clark County School District, Las Vegas) addresses why inclusive schools are good for kids, the second by Marquita Grenot-Scheyer (California State University), Dee Spinkston (Urban Pride), and Julie Woods (Loving Your Disabled Child) addresses why inclusive schools are good for families. A third paper by Gwen Meyer, Rhonda Griffiths, and Nadia Sampson, with parent interviews conducted by Carolyn Moore (all of the National Institute), addressing why inclusive schools are good for communities, will be released on our Web site next week.
Read each paper, and then discuss these topics online with the authors, other educators, and families during our upcoming forums:
Why are Inclusive Schools Good for Kids? - November 12-16 Why are Inclusive Schools Good for Families? - November 26-30 Why are Inclusive Schools Good for Communities? - December 3-7 (National Inclusive Schools Week!)
Access the forums at http://www.edc.org/urban/forum.html. We look forward to hearing from you. _______________________________________________________ National Institute for Urban School Improvement Inclusive Schools: Good for Kids, Families, & Communities
JQuinlan@edc.org Web Site We have yet more links and ideas on the web site and we have updated it considerably since the last Ezine. Check it out!
Training Opportunities We still have some places available on our workshop at Birbeck College London: Practical keys to inclusion: Circles of Friends and team building. This all day on 7th December.
Inclusion Now Summer School, 15th-18th July, 2002 (Nottingham, East Midlands Conference Centre) This amazing 'first of its kind in the UK' conference is being organised jointly between DEE, Alliance for Inclusion (click here for fuller details), Parents for Inclusion and Inclusive Solutions.
Discounts for early bookings welcomed for this historical 4 day non profit making event. Contact us direct for more information! Or email Hazel Peasley who will coordinate bookings.
If you need Inclusive Solutions involvement we are now booking training, consultation and visioning from March 2001.
Keep in touch.
Kind regards,
Colin Newton
Co-Founder Inclusive Solutions www.inclusive-solutions.com email: inclusive.solutions@ntlworld.com |