This is an excellent collection of many of the most popular articles written over the years by authors such as Marsha Forest, Jack Pearpoint, Judith Snow, Patrick Mackan. As well, there are poems by Bob Williams and Meyer Shevin. Several of Jack Pearpoint's graphicsare at the end of the book. Favorite articles include: Common Sense Tools: MAPS and Circles;

The Inclusion Papers

Jack Pearpoint

Marsha Forest

Judith Snow

Inclusion Press International

No organization of any type should be without this dynamic book about building teams. Whether a family, a school, a social service organization, a small or large business this book uses cutting edge thinking and examples to show successful teams at work. The All Star metaphor takes the reader out of the traditional hierarchical organization into the All Star Model. Chapters include such topics as Vision; Leadership; Values-Making a Difference; Getting Your Act Together. The book is being used in education, human service courses and as well by the National Fellowship on Family Medicine at the University of Toronto. Order one for each member of your team. 170 pages of All Star material. Audience: Anyone interested in organizational change in schools, in human service, in families. Anyone who wants to build teams in their organization.

All Star Company

Marsh, Nick

John and Connie collaborate on a brilliant book that  begins to unpeal the complexity of building supportive networks and  communities - where ALL people can live together.  Thoughtful,  analytical - wise - this leads readers though examples - with solid  theoretical backing - to understand why things don't work - and what  we can do to make a difference - and make it work - for each other.

Members of Each Other

O\'Brien

This is an introduction to three 'person centered planning' tools called, Circles; Maps; and PATH. The tools were developed by Pearpoint, O'Brien, and Forest, and this book demonstrates how they can be utilized to support children and families in educational settings.

All My Life's a Circle

Falvey, Forest, Pearpoint, & Rosenberg

There is extensive research regarding the viability and impact of various 'inclusive' techniques in education. However, most articles are in obscure language, hidden in inaccessible journals. Gary Bunch had collected and summarized the research so that it is easily accessed - and solid facts can be used to support issues in planning and programing. An enormously useful resource.

Inclusion: Recent Research

Bunch, Gary

Valeo, Angela

Shafik Asante was a remarkable African American community organizer based in Philadelphia. He reached into many communities in conflict - and taught people how to ally and create common cause around important issues. 
Shafik wrote brilliantly, with insight and conviction about organizing. This is a collection of his essays. Shafik also battled cancer for 20 years before finally agreeing to take a rest.

When Spider Web's Unite

Asante, Shafik

This is a merger of two books - the first - From Behind the Piano - ABOUT the creation of Judith Snow's unique circle of friends. This book documents Judith's journey from being condemned to die in a nursing home - to living a full and productive life in the community. The second book - is BY Judith - her wisdom about how to live life to the full. Judith Snow is nearly 50 - twenty years beyond her maximum life expectancy - and is now a leading international advocate for rights for all human beings - including those with disability labels.

Now in One Book: What's Really Worth Doing/From Behind the Piano

SNOW

Pearpoint

This is a collection of writings by some of the key creators of person centered planning Introduction - John O'Brien The Power In Vulnerability - Judith Snow Learning to Listen - John O'Brien &amp; Connie Lyle O'Brien Person-centered Planning Has Arrived or Has It? - Connie Lyle O'Brien, John O'Brien, &amp; Beth Mount Think Before You Plan - Michael Smull The Politics of Person-centered Planning - John O'Brien &amp; Connie Lyle O'Brien Revisiting Choice - Michael Smull Positive Rituals and Quality of Life - Michael Smull More Than a Meeting - Beth Mount The Quest for Community Membership - John O'Brien &amp; Connie Lyle O'Brien After the Plan - Michael Smull Participation Through Support Circles - Judith Snow A Circle Check-Up - John O'Brien &amp; Jeff Strully The Ethics of maps and path - Marsha Forest &amp; Jack Pearpoint Telling New Stories - John O'Brien &amp; Beth Mount Finding A Way Toward Everyday Lives - John O'Brien &amp; Herb Lovett A Guide to Personal Futures Planning - O'Brien plus a Resource Guide

A Little Book About Person Centered Planning, Vol. 1

John O'Brien

Connie O'Brien

Reference

A book for all classroom teachers. Gary Bunch gives theory and practice to make inclusion possible for all children and all teachers. This readable, jargon free book tells you all you will need to know to include any child - if you want to. Inclusion: How To is a handbook for every school teacher. In straight forward language, Dr. Bunch (York University) outlines proven strategies that work in real classrooms. Without pretention, the book constantly references known research that gives authority to these strategies. Topics include: Classroom Culture; Curriculum as Social Opportunity; Vygotsky and Children's Learning; Strategies for Different Learning Abilities; Educational Assistants; Basics of Modifying Cirriculum; Learning Styles and Students with Special Needs; Cooperation and Collaboration; Multiple Intelligences. Audience: Every School teacher dealing with inclusion and diversity. Any administrator or family member looking to support good education for all.

Inclusion: How To

About this Book For a generation John O Brien &amp; Beth Mount have accompanied people with developmental disabilities, their families and the partners who support them as they find diverse paths to social inclusion and self direction. These pathfinders journeys change organizations and build communities that work better for everyone. This book reflects what John and Beth have learned about assisting people and their families to make real progress toward living the promise of The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. With stories, critical reflections, frameworks to guide change, and lessons from implementing person-centered planning and self-direction they explore these ideas: Our common purpose as citizens is to contribute, each in our own way, to building communities that work better for everybody. A community that works better for everybody is a place where citizens offer one another opportunities to create real wealth: positive relationships, diverse networks, useful assets, capacities for contribution and resourcefulness. Prejudice and discrimination put people with developmental disabilities at risk of exclusion from these opportunities. Social inclusion is the result of a hero s journey. It involves courageous and creative pathfinding led by people with developmental disabilities who want a better life. Encouraging this leadership calls for cultivating deep listening that generates creative action. Good services develop and support partnerships with people and their families and allies. They find better and better was to make it easier for people to take self-directed journeys to inclusion. Partnership with people most likely to be seen as too disabled to contribute is a hallmark of good services. Pathfinders and their partners are social inventors. They break out of old stories and structures and design new ways for people to contribute.

PATHFINDERS People with Developmental Disabilities and Their Allies Building Communities That Work Better for Everybody

Beth Mount

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