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The Integration Imperative

Doug Biklen, Director of the Facilitated Communication Institute at Syracuse University, discusses the formidable obstacles to inclusion for people with disabilities - for example, using special programs to meet their every need or giving up in the face of community resistance.

The Integration Action Manual

This manual is aimed at assisting parents in Victoria to recognise good integration (inclusion) in schools and therefore to enable them to ensure their child is receiving an appropriate, inclusive education as their right.

From integration to inclusion: The Canadian experience

Uditsky moves through an historical overview of the education of students with significant disabilities in Canada, focussing on the parent movement because they were and are the principle leaders and agents of change. Several other themes run through this chapter: 1.

Education/Integration: A collection of readings on the integration of children with mental handicaps into regular school systems

"The purpose of this collection of articles and ideas on integration (inclusion) is to add to the material about integration already being published. . . . . .

More Education/Integration: A further collection of readings on the integration of children with mental handicaps into regular school systems

This book includes lots of personal stories as well as discussion on professional debates such as whether the concept of "least restrictive environment" is outmoded. These debates take on life as stories of children's' and families' experiences explain and illustrate the arguments.

Attributions of the social acceptance and integration of children with mild intellectual disability

An academic article that looks at the possible acceptance and integration of a child with developmental disability into two differently structured schools.

Day care and the integration of disabled children in Norway

Eriksen takes us on a journey through the Norwegian day care system for pre-school aged children. He begins with the historical trends that led to centre based care being almost universally accepted as a supplement to parental care.

The Nonrestrictive Environment: on Community Integration for People with the Most Severe Disabilities

". . . This manual starts off with an introduction that outlines some basic principles for community integration. We next move to a critique of . . the notion that people with disabilities need to live in facilities ranging from the most restrictive to the least restrictive.

The Preschool Checklist: Integration of Children with Severe Disabilities

This checklist is designed to promote inclusion and is designed to be used by pre-school teachers to improve the educational and social growth of students with and without disabilities.

The Integration Aide - A Handbook

This is the third booklet in the "Supporting Inclusive Schooling" series. The booklet is based on the experiences of many integration aides, school staff, students and parents.