Preparing the Inclusion Classroom for Students with Special Physical and Health Needs

Abstract

The Classroom Ecological Preparation Inventory (CEPI) is a vehicle designed to assist the instructional team in gathering critical information for the successful inclusion of students with physical impairments and health needs in the general education classroom. The CEPI focuses on health-related issues and medical concerns, arrangement of the physical environment, assistive equipment, instructional adaptations, and social skills management. Each of these issues is discussed briefly, followed by a case study and a sample of CEPI.