27 min
"All Means All"- Perspectives and Stories from a Stanford Researcher, Special Education Teacher and Inclusion Specialist OT for Inclusive Occupations: Stories of Not Just Being Invited to the Party but Dancing
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Dr. Lakshmi Balasubramanian is passionate and devoted to the cause of enabling and empowering K-12 schools to successfully include students with all abilities including those with extensive support needs. She is a lecturer and researcher at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA in the department of special education. Prior to this, she worked as a special education teacher and inclusion specialist in a large school district in the Bay Area, CA for 14 years. During this time, she spearheaded the design and implementation of inclusive education programs at the school district in grades K-12. She also serves as a professional development facilitator nationally and internationally on a variety of topics related to inclusive education and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Contact- blakshmi@stanford.edu
The book referred to in the conversation, written by Ferose VR (Our guest in episode 6 of Inclusive Occupations titled Rippling of Good Intentions)- "The Invisible Majority- India's Abled Disabled"
Works of Dr. Balasubramanian:
What peers, educators, and principals say: The social validity of inclusive, comprehensive literacy instruction: Kozleski, E. B., Hunt, P., Mortier, K., Stepaniuk, I., Fleming, D., Balasubramanian, L., ... & Munandar, V. (2021). What peers, educators, and principals say: The social validity of inclusive, comprehensive literacy instruction. Exceptional Children, 87(3), 289-306.
Implementing comprehensive literacy instruction for students with severe disabilities in general education classrooms: Hunt, P., Kozleski, E., Lee, J., Mortier, K., Fleming, D., Hicks, T., ... & Oh, Y. (2020). Implementing comprehensive literacy instruction for students with severe disabilities in general education classrooms. Exceptional Children, 86(3), 330-347.
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Dr. Lakshmi Balasubramanian is passionate and devoted to the cause of enabling and empowering K-12 schools to successfully include students with all abilities including those with extensive support needs. She is a lecturer and researcher at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA in the department of special education. Prior to this, she worked as a special education teacher and inclusion specialist in a large school district in the Bay Area, CA for 14 years. During this time, she spearheaded the design and implementation of inclusive education programs at the school district in grades K-12. She also serves as a professional development facilitator nationally and internationally on a variety of topics related to inclusive education and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Contact- blakshmi@stanford.edu
The book referred to in the conversation, written by Ferose VR (Our guest in episode 6 of Inclusive Occupations titled Rippling of Good Intentions)- "The Invisible Majority- India's Abled Disabled"
Works of Dr. Balasubramanian:
What peers, educators, and principals say: The social validity of inclusive, comprehensive literacy instruction: Kozleski, E. B., Hunt, P., Mortier, K., Stepaniuk, I., Fleming, D., Balasubramanian, L., ... & Munandar, V. (2021). What peers, educators, and principals say: The social validity of inclusive, comprehensive literacy instruction. Exceptional Children, 87(3), 289-306.
Implementing comprehensive literacy instruction for students with severe disabilities in general education classrooms: Hunt, P., Kozleski, E., Lee, J., Mortier, K., Fleming, D., Hicks, T., ... & Oh, Y. (2020). Implementing comprehensive literacy instruction for students with severe disabilities in general education classrooms. Exceptional Children, 86(3), 330-347.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inclusiveoccupations/message
27 min