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Five Moore Minutes Video: The Importance of Presuming Competence
Under the Table - The Importance of Presuming Competence (Video by Dr. Shelley Moore)
In my language (Video by Mel Baggs)
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Supporting Research and Literature
Abbott, A. C. (2020). Presuming competence and capability. In A. C. Abbott, A. Bourdeau, R. Seidman & E.
Cruz-Torres (Eds.), (1st ed., pp. 14-31) Routledge.
Douglas Biklen & Jamie Burke (2006) Presuming Competence, Equity & Excellence in Education, 39:2,166-175.
Biklen, D. Presuming competence, belonging, and the promise of inclusion: The US experience. Prospects 49, 233–247 (2020).
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Carter, E. W., Sisco, L. G., Melekoglu, M. A., & Kurkowski, C. (2007). Peer supports as an alternative to individually assigned paraprofessionals in inclusive high school classrooms. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 32(4), 213-227.
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Jorgensen, C., Michael McSheehan & Rae M. Sonnenmeier (2007) Presumed competence reflected in the educational programs of students with IDD before and after the Beyond Access professional development intervention, Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 32:4, 248-262
Jorgensen, C. M., McSheehan, M., Sonnenmeier, R. M., & Mirenda, P. (2010). The Beyond Access model: Promoting membership, participation, and learning for students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Pub.
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