Contents
Foreword ?ix
Acknowledgments ?xiii
Introduction ?1
Part I. Historically Centering the Student Through IDEA
1. ?Searching for Coal in a Gold Mine: Overlooking the Multifaceted Assets of the Learner ?7
In Search of Answers ?7
Beyond a Deficit Perspective: Exploring Gaps in Systems ?9
The Foundation of an Asset-Driven Agenda ?10
Conclusion ?12
2. ?Setting the Stage for Cognitive and Socioemotional Resilience: Reflecting on the Intersection of Policy and Systems ?14
IDEA: With the Best of Intentions . . . Have We Arrived? ?14
Response to Intervention: Moving Beyond Reductionistic Exercises ?19
Biography: Noticing and Documenting Learner Potential ?22
Conclusion ?23
Part II. Applying Biography-Driven Practices in Inclusive Classrooms
3. ?A Biography-Driven Individualized Educational Plan ?27
Moving Beyond Good Intentions Toward Documentable Impact ?28
Redefining Possibilities Through Equitable Instructional Delivery ?33
Creating Conditions and Situations for CLD Learners to Thrive ?34
?My Teacher Made Me Smart? ?40
Teachers Who See, Teachers Who Know: Observation, Facilitation, and Affirmation ?41
Building Blocks: Equity and Authentic Cariño ?42
Conclusion ?43
4. ?Enriching Opportunities to Learn Through Collaborative Interaction ?44
From ?Me? to ?We?: Community Processes and Shared Products ?45
Maximizing Joint Productive Activity to Respond to the Whole Child ?46
Fostering Joint Productive Activity Through i+TpsI ?52
Using BDI Strategies to Guide Interactional Processes ?53
Conclusion ?57
5. ?Creating Contexts and Conditions for an Inclusive Community Through Classroom Talk ?58
Catalyzing Learning Through Community: Caring and Learning in Action ?59
Beginning With Biographies: Equity Begins With ?i? ?60
Situationally Speaking: The Ebb and Flow of Reciprocal Talk ?63
Collaboration: Affirmation as Equity ?66
Agency ?I?: Context, Conditions, and Situations ?67
Conclusion ?68
Part III. Reimagining Equity for All Learners
6. ?Real-Life Language Development: A Bridge for Inclusive Classrooms ?71
BDI as Treatment Context ?72
Conclusion ?83
7. ?The Power of BDI for Students With Low-Incidence Disabilities ?85
What?s in the Label: Categorizing the Contradictions ?85
Social Model of Disability, UDL, and BDI ?89
Conclusion ?90
8. ?Reframing Our Thoughts and Actions Through an Exceptional BDI Foundation: A Call to Action ?93
With Dr. Natasha Reyes and Dr. Leonard Steen ?
Exploring Perspectives of Referring Teachers ?95
Examining Practices and Perspectives of Child Study Teams ?96
The Elephant in the Process ?98
Conclusion ?105
Glossary ?109
Appendix A: Overview of Select BDI Strategies ?114
Appendix B: Template for Biography-Driven Goal Development Tool ?116
References ?117
Index ?124
About the Authors ?129
