Section outline

    • What is Inclusive Education?
      Introduction

      It is helpful to think of inclusive practice as operating at three different levels, or ‘waves’ (a term used in the UK and sometimes more internationally – see Sarton, E. and Smith, M. (2018). UNICEF Think Piece Series: Disability Inclusion. UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi).

      In this model, inclusive education (IE) is seen as a ‘graduated response’ and is the responsibility of all teachers. Think of IE as three levels of intervention. This is described in more detail in Key Resource 16.