Scenario: Sally is a 3rd grade student with an identified specific learning disability in the academic areas of reading comprehension and math reasoning. Sally requires a resource level of support whereby she spends the majority of her school day within her general education 3rd grade classroom. Sally spends at least 20% of her school day receiving specialized instruction in the areas of reading comprehension and math reasoning (i.e., the academic areas where her disability manifests itself). Sally’s specialized instruction may include small group instruction with the special education teacher outside or inside of her classroom.

Based on what you have learned about inclusion:

1. Are Sally’s current special education services consistent with the inclusion model? Why? Why not?
2. What should Sally’s general education 3rd grade teacher do to help fully include her within the 3rd grade classroom?

Make sure you answer BOTH questions. Again, in the first few sentences answer if this is consistent with inclusion. Then support why or why not. The second question should be comprehensive with specific ideas.

Participants will be required to produce an individual annotated bibliography covering the following aspects:
• A critical evaluation of their collection of six pieces of literature chosen to reflect the key arguments/positions in the field of interest (1. Conduct a rigorous literature search, and critical analysis and synthesis of selected literature in order to identify and justify a research issue) (approximately 1500 words).