Episode 5: Leading an Inclusive Program

Love Is a Classroom: Stories of Inclusion

We started with one teacher, Rochelle Buniger. Episodes 2 through 4 showed that the acts of one teacher have an impact that goes far beyond the classroom. In this episode, I hope you, my listener, will see that high-quality meaningful inclusion is more than the love of one teacher and the positive outcomes of inclusion have the potential to go just as far for children without disabilities as it does for children with disabilities. Episode 5, the final episode in this inaugural series features Christy Donathan, the director of the early childhood education department in District 51. Her stories and the responses to my questions provide a glimpse behind the scenes into a school district that creates inclusive experiences like the one Archer and his family received.

Resources mentioned in Episode 5

Pyramid Model Resources: https://challengingbehavior.org/pyramid-model/overview/basics/

Inclusive Schooling: https://www.inclusiveschooling.com/

The Circle Makers by Julie Causton https://a.co/d/7QIVnKW

Kristie Donathan [e-mail]

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Cover art by Josie Filippelli https://www.linkedin.com/in/josie-filippelli/