Inclusive schooling is both a belief and a practice where all children learn in their local schools in classes with their own age. This encompasses all children ­ students with disabilities, gifted students, children from a wide range of racial and cultural backgrounds, and more. Inclusive schooling is about truly including all children together in an effective learning environment. A fully inclusive school enrolls and effectively supports all learners, regardless of ability, tailoring learning to individual requirements and ensuring those requirements are met. In inclusive schooling, children bring their own unique strengths, experiences, and understanding to the classroom. Society is richer when all children are valued.
             Inclusive schooling is not simply about placing all students in classrooms without attending to their individual strengths, needs, and individual learning requirements, it does not demand that all students learn the same thing at the same time, in the same way, and it is not the sole responsibility of the classroom teacher. Erwin states, "The true essence of inclusion is based on the premise that all individuals with disabilities have a right to be included in naturally occurring settings and activities with their neighborhood peers, siblings, and friends." Everyone benefits from inclusive schooling in some way, from the children who had previously been denied inclusive schooling, other children in the class, classroom teachers, other teaching staff, the whole school community, and the community. According to Hardman et al., full inclusion is "an approach on which students who are disabled or at risk receive all instruction in a regular classroom setting."
             Although the change in the educational environment is significant for students with disabilities, the concepts of inclusion also raise new issues for the regular classroom teacher. The teacher who seeks to provide an inclusive learning environment for all c...