National
Policy Statement on Appropriate Inclusion
The National Education
Association is committed to equal educational opportunity, the highest quality
education, and a safe learning environment for all students. The Association
supports and encourages appropriate inclusion. Appropriate inclusion is characterized
by practices and programs which provide for the following on a sustained
basis.
- A full continuum of
placement options and services within each option. Placement and services
must be determined for each student by a team that includes all
stakeholders and must be specified in the Individualized Education Program
(IEP).
- Appropriate
professional development, as part of normal work activity, of all
educators and support staff associated with such programs. Appropriate
training must also be provided for administrators, parents, and other
stakeholders.
- Adequate time, as
part of the normal school day, to engage in coordinated and collaborative
planning on behalf of all students.
- Class sizes that
are responsive to student needs.
- Staff and technical
assistance that is specifically appropriate to student and teacher needs.
Inclusion practices and
programs which lack these fundamental characteristics are inappropriate and
must end.
Adopted by the NEA Representative Assembly,
July 1994
July 1994
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