Jenna Mancini Rufo - Reimagining Special Education: Using Inclusion as a Framework to Build Equity and Support All Students

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Reimagining Special Education: Using Inclusion as a Framework to Build Equity and Support All Students

Should be required for all teachers! Rufo and Causton have found the brightest silver lining of the global pandemic: An opportunity to reimagine special education services. Each chapter contains valuable tips and practical tools to do just this reimagine supports, instruction, and services.
Jennifer Kurth, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, University of Kansas

Filled with examples, activities, and strategies, the book will be a valuable tool to teachers, administrators, parents, related service providers, and personnel preparation faculty who are daring enough to push the pause button to reconceptualize special education and who are willing to recreate the way in which services are delivered.
Belva C. Collins, Ed.D.,
Emeritus Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and University of Kentucky

This book illustrates perfectly the idea that good teaching for students with disabilities is good teaching for all students.
Cheryl M. Jorgensen, Ph.D.,
author of Its More Than Just Being In: Creating Authentic Inclusion for Students with Complex Support Needs

A valuable resource that is a must-read for both experienced and aspiring teachers. As a person with a disability who experienced firsthand the benefits of an inclusive and equitable education, I find the authors strategies sound and practical, with thought-provoking questions that will inspire the reader to turn possibilities into success.
John Draper
Founder, Together We Rock! Inc.

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Names: Rufo, Jenna M., author. | Causton, Julie, author.

Title: Reimagining special education: using inclusion as a framework to build equity and support all students / Jenna M. Rufo and Julie Causton.

Description: Baltimore : Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021023560 (print) | LCCN 2021023561 (ebook) | ISBN 9781681254760 (paperback) | ISBN 9781681254777 (epub) | ISBN 9781681254784 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Special educationUnited States. | Inclusive educationUnited States. | Educational changeUnited States.

Classification: LCC LC3981 .R86 2022 (print) | LCC LC3981 (ebook) | DDC 371.90973dc23

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Jenna Mancini Rufo, Ed.D.

Dr. Jenna Mancini Rufo is an experienced public school leader turned inclusive education consultant. Having served as an assistant superintendent, director of special education, state policy specialist, special education teacher, and inclusion facilitator, Jenna has practical experience in leading systems change for inclusion. She has shared her knowledge at numerous events, including The Atlantics Education Summit and the National Principals Conference, and has been published in School Administrator. Jenna founded her own consulting business, empowerED School Solutions, with expertise in inclusion and special education. Jenna was inspired by her sister, Nina, who has multiple disabilities, to enter the field of education. Jenna views education as her calling and is passionate about providing quality programs for all students.

Julie Causton, Ph.D.

Dr. Julie Causton is founder and CEO of Inclusive Schooling. She is a former professor in the Inclusive and Special Education program in the department of Teaching and Leadership at Syracuse University. She has spent the past 20 years studying best practices for inclusive education and, as a former special education teacher in elementary school, middle school, and high school herself, she knows firsthand how inclusion leads to better outcomes for students. Julie is an educational consultant and works with administrators, teachers, paraprofessionals, and families across the United States to help them promote and improve inclusive practices. Her dynamic presentations focus on engaging ways to educate all students within the context of general education. Julie is the author of many books about inclusive education and has published articles in over 30 educational research and practitioner journals. She lives in Manlius, New York, with her wife, two fabulous teenagers, dogs, and cats.

To see more books by Julie Causton, visit https://brookespublishing.com/julie-causton-spotlight/

There has been a push in education for years to prepare learners to thrive in an unpredictable world. We know our world today needs people who can think differently, solve problems, and thrive in a constantly changing society. Living through the COVID-19 global pandemic is certainly evidence of how unpredictable the world can be and why it is so critical to have the skills that the World Economic Forum highlights as necessities, including being able to think critically, be a complex problem solver, navigate complexity, and learn emotional intelligence, to name a few (Kruchoski, 2016). Rightfully, many school communities have highlighted the importance of social-emotional health, equity, and access in a time of uncertainty and challenge.