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The Co-Teaching Manual is a "how to" book describing an inclusion program which provides mild to moderate learning disabled students maximum inclusion time by using a combination of co-teaching, consultation and resource (pull-out). The authors, through their experiences, have found that many learning disabled students receive the most academic benefit by attending regular education classes and receiving a combination of the following:
- Co-teaching,
- Accommodations/modifications,
- Resource (pull-out), and
- Consultation.
This manual provides step-by-step procedures to start and carry out a co-teaching program. It includes numerous reproducible forms that are used with the program. These forms are useful for monitoring students' progress and augmenting communication between general education and special educators; and between teachers and parents.
Additionally, this guide will discuss the use of a resource and consultation program. Some students benefit from a resource class (pull-out) which emphasizes IEP goals and objectives, learning strategies, social skills, study skills and homework completion. This consultation program provides support to students in the regular education setting.
The authors realize that the implementation of a co-teaching program as described in this manual requires planning and cooperation from administration as well as general education and special education teachers. The results of the authors' experiences in an inclusion program show that the effort has been worth it.
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