This course aims to enable students to understand the basic principles and benefits of inclusion, to provide appropriate guidance for children with disabilities in various areas based on the results of developmental diagnosis, and to provide the families and teachers of children with disabilities with the necessary educational and guidance skills for inclusion programs.

The history of inclusive education in the world and in Türkiye, the definition of inclusion, basic concepts related to inclusion, the principles and objectives of inclusion programs; the benefits of inclusion practices for typically developing children, children with special needs, their families, and teachers, inclusion practices in Türkiye and other countries, types and models of inclusion, preparations for inclusion practices, factors that make inclusion successful, planning instruction in inclusion practices, individualized education program (IEP), adaptations related to the inclusion environment, teaching methods, and development, behavior management in inclusion practices, development of social interaction among children in inclusion practices, the role of the teacher in inclusion education, inclusion practices and problems in Turkey, interaction between children with normal and special needs, scientific research on inclusion practices and evaluation of their results.