Background
Mrs. Blenk was born in Ithaca, New York, United States, on April 5, 1954.
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Making School Inclusion work: A Guide to Everyday Practices by Katie Blenk (1999-07-31)
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Making School Inclusion work: A Guide to Everyday Practices by Katie Blenk (1999-07-31)
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- Making School Inclusion Work: A Guide to Everyday Practices by Katie Blenk (1997-02-06) (Making School Inclusion Work: A Guide to Everyday Practic...)
Katie Blenk
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also known as
K. T. Blenk
Education
Katie Blenk graduated from University of New Hampshire in 1976. She also finished Wheelock College with Master of Education degree and from Boston College with Master of Arts.
Career
Mrs. Blenk has been a speech director at Kids Are People Preschool, since 1980. Since 1992 she was an administrator at Kids Are People Elementary School, Boston, MA. From 1993 to 1994 Mrs. Blenk acted as a consultant of Massachusetts State Department of Education. Later she was a member of board of directors Kenmore Business Association. Katie Blenk served as a vice-president of Kenmore Community and Economic Development Corp.
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Making School Inclusion Work: A Guide to Everyday Practices by Katie Blenk (1997-02-06)
(Making School Inclusion Work: A Guide to Everyday Practic...)
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Making School Inclusion work: A Guide to Everyday Practices by Katie Blenk (1999-07-31)
(Making School Inclusion work: A Guide to Everyday Practic...)
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Making School Inclusion Work: A Guide to Everyday Practices by Katie Blenk (1997-02-06)
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Quotations:
"Before there was a word for including children with special needs, we had begun doing it at the Kids Are People School. We did it because a child who was already in our Program was going to have to leave because he had been diagnosed with special needs. Inclusion was never something we did because it was an innovation. We began because we couldn’t understand why they couldn’t be taught with other children who were considered typical. It just seemed like the right thing to do."
“I wrote my book because I was spending all my spare time lecturing on inclusion. I felt I could help m°re people in the education field by writing a book. I was determined, however, to write an honest book. Inclusion is hard; it isn’t something you just start doing one day. You have to evaluate your actions every day to make inclusion work, and the older the children get, the harder it is to include them and still 8ive all students what they need."
"I am so committed to the children in the school. They are endearing, brave, and strong. They deserve the best life has to offer. If my writing can help make one person change his or her view about people with special needs, or make one school system improve the methods it uses when teaching children with special needs, then it is well worth it for me to take time out of my life to write about it."
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Independent
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1976
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1980
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1992
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1993 - 1994