Elementary school in Ocoee focuses on inclusion for students with autism
Teacher says inclusion helps build community outside the classroom
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OCOEE, Fla. – April is Autism Acceptance Month and for students with autism at Thornebrooke Elementary School in Ocoee, inclusion is a daily focus.
Corin Metz is a varying exceptionalities teacher. The school has four units for children with autism, all with small classes. Metz’s teaches a class of eight students.
“Our students that are in our self-contained classrooms, their ability varies from being pretty profound and needing a lot of help to pretty independent. So what we do is we just want to foster that independence and learning in the self-contained classroom where we can keep that classroom small,” she said.