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New U.K. Inclusion Titles Available in the U.S. Only Through NPR, Inc. – bonus guide included

NPR, Inc. is now the exclusive U.S. distributor for Inclusive Solutions U.K. publications, which includes the following books:

The books are co-authored by Inclusive Solutions’ Co-founders and Directors, Colin Newton and Derek Wilson. Together they have 65+ years experience as educational psychologists working across the UK. They provide training nationally and internationally on inclusive practice in education settings, and have planted, built, and facilitate community circles throughout the UK.

What, you may ask, are “community circles”? The purpose of community circles is to bring people from a local community together to share their skills, talents, gifts and resources. This idea is based upon the premise that ALL of us need three things in our lives to make us happy and fulfilled: these are money, friendship and meaning.
As Newton and Wilson explain, community circles provide a great foundation or starting point from which to explore connections, build relationships, locate resources and share skills. These circles provide a safe forum in which people can meet and friendships can start, a natural reservoir of people and relationships where people can be invited to offer their time and capacity.

Circle of friends” is a similar approach, but used with students in a mainstream educational setting. It is designed to enhance the inclusion of any child or young person who is experiencing difficulties in school because of disability, personal crisis, or because of their challenging behaviour towards others. The ‘circle of friends’ approach works by mobilising the young person’s peers to provide support and engage in problem solving with the person in difficulty. In the book Creating Circles of Friends, Colin Newton and Derek Wilson describe how to implement this approach by building teams around challenging pupils, drawing on a resource which is always there…. other children.

Person centred thinking and planning is founded on the premise that genuine listening involves a commitment to take action. For example, when working with a young person or adult it is crucial that what is learned about how the person wishes to live, and where they wish to go in their lives is recorded and acted upon. Person centred processes should be planned carefully and involve facilitation from a process and graphic facilitator. The book Person Centred Planning Together describes how to plan for and implement Person Centred Planning and provides resources to support the use of the most commonly used Person Centred Planning tools, particularly MAPS and PATH.

In the book Keys to Inclusion, Newton and Wilson look at the 8 keys to inclusion and the actions needed if these keys are to open up fresh possibilities and make inclusion a reality. Each key is supported by examples, consideration of practical implications, questions to prompt in school reflection and resources to support further work.

Each of the three books is available at www.NPRinc.com, and comes with a free laminated reference guideTeaching Students on the Autism Spectrum in the Inclusive Classroom (by Paula Kluth).

The Inclusive Solutions website is a content rich repository of information, examples, and testimonials on the themes discussed above. Check out their many videos and free downloadable resources, then buy the books at www.NPRinc.com .

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