How should an inclusive high school prepare students with disabilities for education and/or work after high school?
One of the strongest contributions an inclusive high school can make is to reflect society on the whole. As students learn that everyone belongs, everyone needs a hand sometimes, and everyone has something to give, they learn the reality of living in a community. Transition plans have to be outcome oriented and grounded in each student’s needs. There are wonderful programs that may not have had students with disabilities in mind when they were developed school-to-work programs and family and consumer science programs, for example that can be of great help to students with disabilities. The social interactions that take place in inclusive schools are essential in helping students with disabilities understand how to interact in the community or on the job. Dr. Bauer is the co-editor of Adolescents and Inclusion: Transforming Secondary Schools.
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