from Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak
& dr. Julie Causton
The Inclusion Blog
Stop Looking for the Trigger: A Smarter Way to Understand Student Behavior
For many school leaders, behavior is the one issue that keeps showing up—on walkthroughs, in emails, and during end-of-day check-ins with exhausted teachers. Everyone’s asking the same question: “What’s the trigger?” But what if that question is the very thing...
Inclusion and Safety in Schools: How Leaders Can Build Trust, Calm, and Confidence Among Educators
When schools take bold steps toward inclusion, the first concern that surfaces—loudly and often—is safety. Teachers ask, “What if a student gets hurt?”Parents wonder, “Is this fair to my child?”And many leaders privately think, “How do I protect everyone while...
Stop the Behavior Battles: The Reset Every School Leader Has Been Waiting For
Behavior challenges are draining staff energy, stalling lessons, and making inclusion feel impossible. You’ve rolled out PBIS, SEL, and MTSS. You’ve invested in PD. And yet, behavior is still the number one issue that keeps showing up at your desk. It’s not because...
Shifting School Culture: 5 Small Moves That Create Big Change
If mindset is our direction, heartset is our purpose, and skillset is our practice—then culture is the climate that determines whether we move freely, get stuck, or flourish together. For many school leaders, culture feels like the hardest thing to change. You see...
10 Quick Inclusion Strategies to Reset Your Classroom (and Your Staff)
Somewhere between October and spring break, the school year starts to feel heavy. Energy dips, routines get stale, and inclusive practices sometimes slip into the background. For leaders, that’s especially frustrating—because you know your LRE data is too low,...
One Teach, One Make Multisensory: The Co-Teaching Strategy That Maximizes Inclusive Learning
If you’ve ever been in a co-taught classroom, you know the familiar trap: one teacher leads the lesson while the other… watches. They might circulate, stand to the side, or offer quiet support—but they’re not fully engaged. And that’s a missed opportunity for every...
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