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A Model for Preparing Special and General Education Preservice Teachers for Inclusive Education

Northern Illinois University

Dennis D. Munk

Carthage College

Kathleen Lynch

Northern Illinois University

Julie Bosma

Regional Access and Mobilization Project

Joanne Rouse

Regional Access and Mobilization Project

Project ACCEPT (Achieving Creative & Collaborative Educational Preservice Teams) represents an initiative at Northern Illinois University, where special and general education preservice teachers are joined in a voluntary project featuring an enhanced curriculum and field experiences in inclusive classrooms. Participants receive intensive preparation in use of assistive technologies, functional behavioral assessment, and instructional accommodations as well as experience designing lesson plans that include features of universal design. This article describes the specific features of the Project ACCEPT curriculum and outcomes for the first year of implementation.

Key Words: inclusive education • preservice preparation • collaboration • coteaching

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Journal of Teacher Education, Vol. 58, No. 5, 440-455 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0022487107306803


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