Table of Contents
Introduction: Why Changes? 1
1 Beyond Disability: Strengths-Based Approaches to Educating All Learners 6
Person-Environment Fit Models of Disability 8
Strengths-Based Approaches to Disability 12
Beyond Disability in the Education of All Learners 14
2 Beyond Programs: Supports and Support Needs 15
Programs and Services 15
Deep Learning and a World-Class Education 20
Supports and Support Needs 21
Beyond Programs in the Education of All Learners 24
3 Beyond Individualization: Personalizable Education 25
A 21st-century Education 26
Going for Great 29
Personalizable Education 32
4 Beyond the Continuum: Whole-System Change 39
Continuum of Alternative Placements 39
Inclusion: False Dichotomies, Slippery Slopes, and Other Logical Fallacies 42
Schoolwide Models in Special Education 46
Response to Intervention, Positive Behavior Supports, and Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports 47
Whole-System Change 49
5 Beyond Textbooks: Technology and Universal Design for Learning 52
Beyond De Minimis 55
Universal Design for Learning 56
To Infinity and Beyond 59
The Digital Divide 61
6 Beyond Testing: Assessment for Growth and Mastery 63
Potential for Growth 64
Measuring What Matters, Counting What Counts 66
Assessing Potential for Growth 69
Dynamic Learning Maps 72
Determining What Matters Most 73
7 Beyond Teaching: Autonomy-Supportive Classrooms and Motivating Students 74
Beyond Life Jackets 75
Autonomy-Supportive Teaching 78
It's About Relationships 79
8 Beyond Dependency: Self-Determination and Self-Determined Learning 81
The Consequences of Dependency 83
Career Construction and Life Design 84
Self-Determined Learning 86
Epilogue: Beyond Special Education: Educating All Learners in the 21st Century 91
References 95
Index 101
About the Author 111
