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Sheila Danaher, M.S.Ed., is Assistant Principal and Inclusion Facilitator at John J. Audubon School, Chicago Public Schools, where she has worked for more than 20 years. She has also served as a special education teacher and an inclusion facilitator. Her areas of expertise include inclusive schooling, curricular adaptations, and autism. Since 2003, Sheila has supported students with autism in an inclusive setting with support from The Gust Foundation, a private organization that partners with Chicago Public Schools. Sheila has completed many certification trainings including Relationship Development Intervention, which she has used in her work as a consultant for families and school districts in the Chicago area. Paula Kluth, Ph.D., is one of todaya s most popular and respected experts on autism and inclusiveeducation. Through her work as an independent consultant and the high-energy presentations shegives to professionals across the country, Dr. Kluth helps educators and families create responsive, engaging schooling experiences for students with disabilities and their peers, too. An internationallyrespected scholar and author, Dr. Kluth has written or cowritten several books for Paul H.Brookes Publishing Co., including a Youa re Going to Love This Kid!a: Teaching Students with Autism inthe Inclusive Classroom, Second Edition (2010); Pedroa s Whale (2010); From Tutor Scripts to Talking Sticks:100 Ways to Differentiate Instruction in Ka 12 Classrooms (2010); a A Is for All Aboard!a (2010); a A LandWe Can Sharea: Teaching Literacy to Students with Autism (2008); and a Just Give Him the Whale!a: 20Ways to Use Fascinations, Areas of Expertise, and Strengths to Support Students with Autism (2008).