'INCLUDE'+Strategy

A general strategy that I have found that can be used for students with all kinds of learning disabilities. This strategy is known as the //Include Strategy.// This is a seven step strategy that has been created by Marilyn Friend from Indiana University. This strategy considers the adaptations that meet the diverse learning needs of students with learning disabilities. The seven steps are: I found that this would be a great strategy to use for students with learning disabilities related to Cerebral Palsy e.g. sight and hearing impairments as it caters for strengths/weaknesses as well as environmental, curricular and instructional demands. However, I do believe that this would be an appropriate Teaching Strategies for students with Diverse Leaning Needs strategy to use for students with a diverse range of learning disabilities. This can help to include diverse learners because when //Include// is implemented, for example noting student strengths and weaknesses and looking for potential problem areas, this provides optimum chances for students to learn to the best of their ability. This will increase the students’ confidence with their learning which, when nurtured, can have the same effect on their social skills, giving the student more self confidence overall It is important to remember that an adaptation is assuming that the student outcome from the lesson has not been changed or altered in any way. Changing the intended outcome to meet the need of the student is a modification not an adaptation in the teaching of the lesson. (Friend, 1996)
 * STEP 1: **// I // dentify classroom environmental, curricular, and instructional demands.
 * STEP 2: **// N // ote student strengths and needs.
 * STEP 3: **// C // heck for potential areas of student success.
 * STEP 4: **// L // ook for potential problem areas.
 * STEP 5: **// U // se information gathered to brainstorm instructional adaptations.
 * STEP 6: **// D // ecide which adaptations to implement.
 * STEP 7: **// E // valuate student progress. (Friend, 1996)

*Friend, M. (1996). //Teaching strategies for students with diverse learning needs//. Retrieved from http://www.nebraskasocialstudies.org/pdf/tsfswdln.pdf