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D-4:
Educational Change: Meeting the Challenge of Inclusion
Instructor:
George Flynn
Location: Kitimat ?
UVic ?
/ SFU
Date:
August 15-24, 1994 ?
Course Number: ?
ED-D 487
V
EDUC 373 ?
EPSE
390A
Days:
Monday–Saturday ?
Section Number:
?
Q56 ?
T4.00 ?
96B
Time:
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
?
TT or Cat Number:
46865
?
75180 ?
13844
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will begin with a focus on the educational and moral imperatives that students with disabilities belong in
general education classrooms and that they have a right to receive the supports and services necessary to benefit from their
education in the general education setting. A context for "inclusion"
will
be established given our current knowledge
based on research and documented best practice. The course will then focus on practical issues such as parent concerns
and resistance, personnel preparation, consensus building, communication, changing roles for support staff, etc., with a
particular look at the Administrator's roles in these shifts in thinking.
INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
George Flynn has been the Director of Education (Superintendent in B.C.) for the Waterloo Region Catholic School Board
in Kitchener, Ontario. He led the effort to create a totally unified school system where "there has been a basic shift in
values." It is now accepted throughout this system of 25,000 students that all young people of school age.. .regardless of
presence or absence of challenging needs and who otherwise qualify as resident pupils of the system.. .belong naturally
and fully. There are no exceptions. Flynn has become an internationally known speaker on the school as an inclusive
community. He talks honestly and openly about the process in his school system, the questions and concerns that arose,
and the successes this school district and the students have experienced. Flynn is now an Adjunct Professor at McGill
University and the Executive Director of The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH) which is
headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
• Regular attendance.
• Appropriate level of interest and participation.
• Pre-course readings and course readings.
• One paper.
Participants will be expected to complete the readings, to engage enthusiastically in the dialogue, and to submit a paper on
a relevant topic of interest to the student and approved by the instructor.
READINGS
Land, George and Jarmen, Beth.
Breakpoint and Beyond—Mastering your Future Today.
Block, Peter.
Stewardship—Choosing Service over Self-interest.
Each participant will receive a binder at the beginning of the course which will contain a number of articles, monographs,
etc., which will be referenced throughout the course.