Practical strategies for inclusive classrooms
Practical inclusive education

Practical tools and strategies for making inclusion work in real K–12 classrooms.

Use three simple questions about access, participation, and support to choose the next right teaching move.

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Access01
Printable Modified Assignment Plan with sections for learning goal, essential skill, student choices, and success check.

Examples of Modified Assignments

Practical ways to adjust curriculum and instructional practices so students can participate meaningfully.

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Participation02
Printable Choice Menu with options for learners to try it, talk it, or show it.

Make Choice a Meaningful Part of the Lesson

Build authentic options for learners to engage, communicate, and show what they know.

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Support03
Printable Scaffold Plan with prompts for starting support, fading support, and student independence.

Scaffolds That Build Independence

Use the right support at the right time, then plan how students will do more for themselves.

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Free resource

Know exactly what to change and how.

Use the Is It Inclusion? checklist to audit your classroom practices and pinpoint the next change that will make a genuine difference for your students.

  • Assess physical access, curriculum participation, belonging, and support.
  • Turn reflection into a clear, manageable action list.
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Deepen Your Understanding

Follow the framework from a first practical strategy to deeper learning, implementation support, and schoolwide change.

Nicole Eredics
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Meet Nicole

Practical guidance from someone who understands real classrooms.

Nicole Eredics is an educator, consultant, presenter, author, and professional learning facilitator who helps schools make inclusion work in practice, not just in theory.

Her work brings clarity to the daily decisions teachers, coaches, and leaders make as they create classrooms where every learner belongs, participates, and succeeds.

“Inclusion becomes possible when every educator can see the next decision they can make for a learner.”

The Inclusive Class Podcast

Listen to what inclusion looks like in real life.

Conversations with educators who share exactly what they are doing in classrooms, covering co-teaching, sensory supports, curriculum modifications, and more.

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