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Least Restrictive Environment Coalition
The mission of the Coalition is to assure that all students with disabilities are educated in the LRE appropriate for each child so that all students can learn to their fullest capacity.

Circle of Inclusion
The Circle of Inclusion Web Site is for early childhood service providers and families of young children. It offers demonstrations of and information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight.

Kids Together, Inc.
The goal of Kids Together, Inc. is to remove barriers that exclude people with disabilities from the community. Children with disabilities, like all children, have the need to be welcomed, cherished and embraced by communities.

The Inclusion Network
The Inclusion Network was formed as an umbrella group to help raise awareness of inclusion, recognize exemplary inclusive efforts, provide technical assistance and link individuals with and without disabilities.

New Horizons for Learning
Provides information about inclusive learning environments, including general information for parents as well as information about staff development, model programs, technology and standards and assessment.

Inclusion...Yours, Mine, Ours
Information for teachers provided with the goal of offering support and resources to successfully include children with disabilities in general education classrooms. Offers suggestions for classroom teachers, thoughts for parents, models for co-teaching and other resources.

Inclusive Schools, National Institute for Urban School Improvement
The mission of the National Institute for Urban School Improvement is to support inclusive urban communities, schools, and families to build their capacity for sustainable, successful urban education. The Institute is guided by the belief that it is essential for educators to enlarge their perspective to encompass all children, all curricular reforms, all teaching reforms, all support personnel, all policies, and all strategies for student assessment, to ensure the rights of excluded learners.

Institute on Community Integration
The mission of the Institute on Community Integration is to improve community services and social supports available to individuals with developmental and other disabilities, and their families, throughout the United States and abroad. This mission is fulfilled through research, professional training, technical assistance, and publishing activities.

Inclusion.com
Access the Inclusion Press (person-centered planning and resource material) and the Inclusion Network (workshops and training) at this site. Find information about books, videos, workshops and other resources.


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