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Making the Most of Shared Reading: Practical Tips from Two Experts!

In their book Shared Storybook Reading, Helen Ezell and Laura Justice identify two key skills children with and without disabilities must bring to the shared-reading table (or armchair) to get the most out of this important activity. Those skills are: attending and conversational turn-taking. Read More

Inclusion QuickTips: Scheduling Small-Group Literacy Instruction

If one of your goals for next school year is implementing small-group reading instruction (or trying out a new approach to it), today’s Inclusion QuickTip download is for you. Read More

16 Literacy Supports for Students with Special Needs

We’re sharing some easy, ready-to-use tips for modifying reading and writing classwork for students with a wide range of disabilities and learning needs. They’ll help your students participate and make progress in four key areas of literacy. Read More

7 Ways to Make Your Book Corner More Accessible (Early Childhood Inclusion Tips)

Here are seven common challenges to book corner accessibility, followed by easy tips you can use right now to solve them. Read More

Who’s at the IEP Table? A Quick Guide to Roles and Responsibilities

One of our goals here at the Inclusion Lab is to demystify the IEP process and give you practical ideas for working as a team on a student’s education plan. Read More

Are You Closing Or Widening The Word Gap? The Answer Might Surprise You!

This guest post is by Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak and Dr. Teresa Brown. It’s part of our Language & Literacy Development blog series. Read More

Literacy-Rich Preschool Environments for All Learners

When you design early literacy environments that meet the needs of children with disabilities, all children benefit. In today’s post, we’re sharing some simple ways to ensure literacy-rich preschool classrooms where books and print are accessible to every student. Read More

Start Some Drama! 7 tips on dramatic play activities that boost language learning

This post gives you 7 helpful tips on introducing language- and literacy-rich dramatic play activities to all preschoolers, adapted from Early Literacy in Action by Betty H. Bunce. Read More

Language Intervention for Preschoolers with Special Needs: Tom’s Story

This post is for our early-education readers, especially inclusive educators looking for simple strategies that help students with disabilities improve their language skills. Read More

8 Simple Strategies to Increase Emotional Vocabulary

A big Inclusion Lab welcome to this blog's special guests: Kristie Pretti-Frontczak and Teresa Brown. Read More