general education teachers increase the likelihood that students with disabilities in their classrooms will be successful both academically and socially?

One of the best ways in which students can be incorporated and taught in a regular classroom setting is by "paring" students for at least one learning activity/and/or project per day. Students should be instructed that the activity is one of mutual cooperation and instruction, and that each member is responsible for helping the other. Further, each pair should be assigned (not voluntarily chosen), and rotated, allowing the disabled student to become acquainted with each student in class and vice versa. Not only does this teach the disabled student that they are a "member" of the classroom (which they are), but it allows the typical students to learn from that child as well.

Of course, academically, it is also important to have a good grasp of the student's IEP, or...
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