Education for all: The Good Inclusion Game. (15th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dillenburger, Karola; Coyle, Caleb
• Is Part Of: Behavioral interventions. Volume 34:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 338
• Page End: 351
• Publication Date: 2019-05-15
• Subjects: applied behavior analysis (ABA) -- education for all -- Good Behavior Game (GBG) -- Good Inclusion Game (GIG) -- inclusion -- special educational needs; People with mental disabilities -- Behavior modification -- Periodicals; Behavior therapy -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1002/bin.1671
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1072-0847

Abstract

Abstract : The term "education for all" in the context of inclusive schooling describes the aim that children with identified special/additional needs are fully included in education together with their typically developing peers. However, this is easier said than done as there are few easy‐to‐use methods that teachers can use while at the same time teaching the approbate curriculum to children with a full range of different abilities. The Good Inclusion Game (GIG) is a group contingency‐based tool to create inclusive classrooms that utilizes principles of the applied branch of the science of behavior analysis (applied behavior analysis) and can be used across settings and academic subjects. The GIG was evaluated across nine classrooms including 93 boys and girls aged between 9 and 15 years of age, including 20 children with identified special educational needs. Findings show that the GIG reliably led to a significant increase of inclusive curriculum‐focused activities with the collateral effect of decreasing disruptive behaviors for all children. Findings are discussed in the context of inclusive schooling and evidence‐based education.