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D-6:
Educational Change:
Meeting the Challenge of Inclusion
Instructor: ?
Dr. Barbara Hoskins
Location:
Victoria
*UViC
?
SFU
UBC
Date: ?
August 2-11, 1994
Course Number: ?
ED-D 487 ?
EDUC 373
EPSE 390A
Days:
Monday—Saturday
Section Number:
?
Q50 ?
T6.00
96X
Time:
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
TI or Cat Number: ?
14461
?
96825
47167
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The specific focus area for this course is inclusion of learners with special needs. The purpose of the course is to offer
educators and school administrators the background and skills they need to meet the challenge of inclusion. The course
will
provide a framework for understanding inclusion in the context of current changes in educational systems in British
Columbia and willassist educators in clarifying their roles in inclusive/collaborative schools. Participants will learn how
to develop collaborative support systems within their schools and school districts and implement effective classroom
strategies for learners with special needs.
This course has a three-day, separate, non-credit component that may be taken as an introduction to inclusion. Participants
will have an opportunity to explore theoretical and practical issues related to the development of an inclusive education
system. Refer to the 1994 University of Victoria Summer Bulletin for cost and registration details or phone 721-7874.
INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
Dr. Barbara Hoskins is an educational consultant who has devoted the past several years of her career to being a catalyst
in the change process that is happening in education across the U.S. and Canada.
She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University in Learning Disabilities. She is a Speech-Language Pathologist and
worked with students with language, learning, and behaviour disorders in public and private schools, juvenile detention
facilities, and psychiatric hospitals. She has been a visiting professor and serves as an editorial consultant for the
CEC
Journal
of Communication Disorders
and for
Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools.
She is also the author
of a curriculum
program,
Conversations: Language Intervention for Adolescents.
Dr. Hoskins is currently based in Pasadena, California. She presents over 50 workshops a year and consults with schools,
hospitals, businesses, and other organizations as they redesign their services. She has published in the areas of Language
and Learning Disabilities, Collaboration, Inclusion, and Organizational Change.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Class participants will keep ajournalllearning log. Class participants will be expected to complete all pre-reading and
readings assigned for each class and be prepared to discuss these during class sessions. Each person in the class will make
a presentation to the class on a selected topic and a brief final presentation. Each participant will hand in a final paper and
action plan on the last day of class. The action plan should target goals for the coming year.
READINGS
Stainbach, S. and Stainbach, W.
Curriculum Considerations in Inclusive Classrooms.
Baltimore: Paul H. Brooks
Publishing, Co.
Bicklin, D.
Schooling Without Labels.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992.
A Way With Words: Guidelines and Appropriate Terminology for the Portrayal
of
Persons with Disabilities.
Produced by
Status of Disabled Persons Secretariat, Department of the Secretary of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, 1991.
Bracewell, D.
Learning Together: Stories About Children, Regardless
of
Ability, Learning Side-by-Side.
Vancouver,
B.C.: B.C. Association for Community Living.
Additional current readings.