Early and middle years of schooling

Abstract

What to look for in the chapter
• how inclusion for the early and middle years offers a set of unique challenges;
• how school communities can promote inclusion for children and young adolescents;
• strategies that teachers can use to build and maintain community in early and middle years’ settings;
• factors that influence the success of teachers working with children and young adolescents in inclusive schools;
• practical measures that teachers can take, in light of these factors, to promote the success of inclusion; and
• the different responses that children in the early and middle years have to inclusion, how teachers can identify those responses, and what they can do to ensure that they are positive.