I just finished a weekend training....wow, am I tired, yet enthused. I have had the wonderful opportunity to hear Dr. Patrick Schwarz...for the 3rd time! He is such a wonderful and knowledgeable man. He spoke to us on inclusion... Something I'd love to see happen in my school district for all students. I know that we will still need the option of self-contained special education, as this may be one's choice for their child, but I so hope and wish for the opposite. This world is not self-contained.......so why do we continue to focus on this type of placement? I have decided to try to encourage others in my district to do a Pilot Project/Study and implement inclusion in an elementary school...that's what I first wanted. But then, I was thinking last night... Having the option of being educated in the general classroom in the elementary would be great, but what would happen after elementary? So now I've decided to tackle something more.... What if we could have this option in an elementary, middle, and high school?! Wow! That would be so awesome!

I've become quite eager to try to accomplish this task, but it is slowly sinking in that this is a HUGE task...one I'm not sure that I can do... It is something that I want... I so badly wish for a world where everyone is given the opportunities to do what they would like to do...even if they fail. Who hasn't failed? I do...on a consistent basis!

This is something that I want to do. I can feel it. My heart is aching...just wanting to help people understand the possibilities for everyone in this situation... or is my heart aching because I'm scared?

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