Today we learn and discuss how people and institutions hold their own definition of what real inclusion means. We brought on Bre Gestaldi, an Inclusion Education Consultant & Educator, to break down the “What” + “Why” of what inclusive education REALLY is.


Facts + links provided in the episode:


Research reasons - No studies conducted since the late 1970s have shown an academic advantage for students with intellectual and other developmental disabilities educated in separate settings (Falvey, 2004):

https://iod.unh.edu/sites/default/files/media/InclusiveEd/research_on_inclusive_education.categories_fall_2011.pdf

Learn what happens to a childs brain when they are excluded:

https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2017.00046