Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. The video discusses the differences between inclusion and mainstreaming, the collaborations between teachers in inclusion classrooms and support staff, and the ways that the students work together to learn from each other. Teachers express the feelings they had when they were first approached to have students with special needs in their classrooms. Both the regular education and special education teachers emphasize the need to adjust definitions of success and the importance of giving all students the opportunity to be in a natural learning environment. The video states that special education is support and services, not a place.
Viewers see and hear how the role of special educators is changing.
The students and parents talk about the payoffs in learning, attitudes, and interactions when inclusion takes place. Children with special needs are seen on the playground, in band class, and in drama class. The video mentions the fact that inclusion is a way of meeting federal and state laws requiring schools to give students equal opportunities.