Many educators are not adequately prepared for effectively managing the challenging behaviors that arise when including students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) in the general education classroom. This action research study sought to identify educators' perceptions at Charter Academy about including students with EBD in the general…

With the inclusion of Special Education Needs (SEN) students in public schools in many countries, there are increasing demands for designing professional development (PD) programs that meet the needs of in-service teachers in inclusive education settings. This paper proposes a framework for creating a PD program for in-service teachers who are…

This paper presents findings from a large-scale, in-depth study of secondary schools in one Australian state that were achieving exceptional outcomes. The element of that study on which this paper focuses is equity and inclusion. We examine the Equity programs operating in seven sites where schools were including students experiencing some form of…