What is your educational background?
I have a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Communicative Disorders and Sciences.

What other experiences, or staff development has prepared you for inclusion?.
I worked for two years in a full inclusion elementary school.

What is your job role?
I provide services to children with speech and language delays.

What is your role regarding the inclusive component of the program?
I provide services for children within the classroom setting.

How has your role changed or have you adapted your role as it relates to the inclusive program?
I have not really changed since I have always worked in inclusive programs.

What were your biggest concerns about participating in an inclusive program?
Concerned that services may not be as effective in the classroom.

What were your experiences related to these concerns once inclusive services were implemented?
That children greatly benefit from being with their peers and receiving services in a natural setting.

What do you see as the benefits of moving toward inclusive services?
Children stay with their peers and are in a natural setting working on objectives that are not artificial or "made up." They have lots of good language models in this setting.

Can you offer one or more anecdotes that you feel illustrate the benefits of inclusion?
A little boy who commented after being put in a full inclusion school, "I feel very special because I get to be with my friends ALL the time."