Considerations for the Future
Recent research suggests the ideals and practices of inclusion will continue to
be ignored by teacher/practitioners unless they include the ways in which practitioners
formulate the problems they face and the constraints within which they have to work
(Ainscow, Booth, & Dyson, 2004; Booth & Ainscow, 2002). Leaders and managers in
schools need to re-consider the important role that teacher aides can play in
developing more inclusive school culture and practice. Their feedback and
contribution should be valued and respected, and their professional development
needs considered along with the teaching staff of the school. Teachers and teacher
aides need to work as a team to deliver inclusive education for students who have
disabilities. Otherwise we may find that this important group of practitioners becomes
frustrated and dissatisfied resulting in poor morale and departure from education
organisations (Rhodes, 2006).