SWIFT Shelf for Research
SWIFT Shelf Tools provide free downloadable Webinars, Assessment Tools, and other helpful district and school resources. Search SWIFT Shelf Stories provide free downloadable mini-films—Whatever It Takes, Together, and MTSS: Universal, Additional and Intensified Support—and Issue and Research to Practice Briefs, White Papers, Research Support and Bibliography, and more.
SWIFT Shelf Tools
New Releases
SWIFT Master Scheduling Tool- MTSS: Universal Support
- MTSS: Additional Support
- MTSS: Intensified Support
District / School Resources
Webinars
- Using Data to Improve Student Outcomes: Dr. Chandra Williams Webinar Slides
- UDL and Differentiated Instruction: Webinar with Dr. Loui Lord Nelson
- UDL and Differentiated Instruction: Dr. Loui Lord Nelson Webinar Slides and Notes
- Strategies for Including All Students: Webinar with Dr. Jennifer Kurth
- Strategies for Including All Students: Jennifer Kurth Webinar Slides and Notes
SWIFT Shelf Stories
Film & Videos
- MTSS Universal, Additional & Intensified short film transcripts
- MTSS: Universal Support
- MTSS: Additional Support
- MTSS: Intensified Support
- Any School Can...
- Whatever it Takes: a SWIFT film on Inclusive Academic Instruction
- Whatever it Takes: Discussion Guide
- Whatever It Takes transcript
- Together: a SWIFT film on Integrated Educational Framework
- Together: Discussion Guide
- Together transcript
- SWIFT 2016 National Professional Learning Institute Presentations
- SWIFT-in-60 Downloads and Transcripts
- ALL Means ALL!! A SWIFT Overview Video
- Domains and Features at Henderson School
- What is SWIFT
Newsletter Archive
- SWIFT Newsletter-January/February 2019
- SWIFT Newsletter-Happy New Year 2019
- SWIFT Newsletter-Special November 2018
- SWIFT Newsletter-October 2018
- All Newsletters
Issue Briefs & Papers
Implementing Equity-based Inclusion with Fidelity to Improve Outcomes trifold poster- Facilitation Guide for Designing a Shared Vision of Equity
- Strategies for Transitioning to an Inclusive School Environment
- Promises to Keep: Transforming Educator Preparation to Better Serve a Diverse Range of Learners from CCSSO and CEEDAR Center
- Stars in Alignment Issue Brief 9
- SWIFT SEA Blueprint for Equity-based Inclusive Reform
- Indicators of Effective Policy Development & Implementation
- Better Together Task Force Brief
- My Brother's Keeper Task Force Brief
- SWIFT Differentiated Technical Assistance.pdf
- Differentiated Technical Assistance for Sustainable Transformation (TA Brief)
- Research Support for Inclusive Education and SWIFT
- Bibliography of Research Support for K-8 Inclusive Education
- SWIFT Fidelity of Implementation Tool: Development and Preliminary Technical Adequacy
- Policies that Support SWIFT Trusting Family Partnerships
- School Discipline Policy Considerations in a SWIFT Framework
- Who Is My Brother's Keeper?
- How Policy Alignment Impacts Sustainability of Schoolwide Transformation: Lessons from SWIFT Knowledge Development Sites
- How Change Occurred at the Stoughton Area School District: Lessons from a SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformat
- Leading Education Reform Initiatives: How SWIFT Coordinates and Enhances Impact
- School Climate Briefs from National Center on School Climate
- Lessons from the Field
Research to Practice Briefs
- Equity as a Basis for Inclusive Educational Systems Change - Research to Practice Brief
- Sustaining SWPBIS for Inclusive Behavior Instruction - Research to Practice Brief
- Behavior Screening at Middle and High Schools - Research to Practice Brief
- Identifying Data-Driven Instructional Decisions - Research to Practice Brief
- Coaches and PLCs to Support Data Use - Research to Practice Brief
- Collaborative Learning - Research to Practice Brief
Research & Journal Articles
Kurth, J. A. (2018). Introduction to the special topic issue on the impact of SWIFT technical assistance. Inclusion, 6, 1-2. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988-6.1.1
Sailor, W., McCart, A. B., & Choi, J. H. (2018). Reconceptualizing inclusive education through multi-tiered system of support. Inclusion, 6, 2-18. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988-6.1.3
Kurth, J. A., Morningstar, M. E., Hicks, T. A., & Templin, J. (2018). Exploring the relationship between school transformation and inclusion: A Bayesian multilevel longitudinal analysis. Inclusion, 6, 19-32. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988-6.1.19
Kozleski, E. B., & Choi, J. H. (2018). Leadership for equity and inclusivity in schools: The cultural work of inclusive schools. Inclusion, 6, 33-44. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988.6.1.33
Schuh, M. C., Knackstedt, K. M., Cornett, J., Choi, J. H., Pollitt, D. T., & Satter, A. L. (2018). All means all: Connecting federal education policy and local implementtion practice through evidence and equity. Inclusion, 6, 45-59. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988.6.1.45
Gross, J. M. S., Choi, J. H., & Francis, G. L. (2018). Perceptions of family engagement and support in SWIFT schools. Inclusion, 6, 60-74. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988-6.1.60
Sailor, W., Satter, A., Woods, K., McLeskey, J., & Waldron, N. (2017). School improvement through inclusive education. Oxford Bibliographies in Education. New York: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/obo/9780199756810-0191
Sailor, W. (2017). Equity as a basis for inclusive educational systems change. Australasian Journal of Special Education, 41, 1-17. doi: 10.1017/jse.2016.12
Francis, G., Blue-Banning, M., Turnbull, A.P., Hill, C., Haines, S.J., and Gross, J.M.S. (2016). Culture in inclusive schools: Parental perspectives on trusting family-professional partnerships. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 51(6), 281-293.
Francis, G. L., Gross, J. M. S., Blue-Banning, M., Haines, S., & Turnbull, A. P. (2016). Principals and parents achieving optimal outcomes: Lessons learned from six American schools implementing inclusive practices. Revista Latinoamericana de Inclusión Educativa, 10(1), 61-77.
Choi, J. H., Meisenheimer, J. M., McCart, A. B., & Sailor, W. (2017). Improving learning for all students through equity-based inclusive reform practices: effectiveness of a fully integrated schoolwide model on student reading and math achievement. Remedial and Special Education, 38, 28-41. doi: 10.1177/0741932516644054
Artiles, A. J., & Kozleski, E. B. (2016). Inclusive education's promises and trajectories: Critical notes about future research on a venerable ideal. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 24(43). doi:10.14507/eppaa.24.1919
Gross, J. M. S., Haines, S. J., Hill, C., Francis, G. L., Blue-Banning, M., & Turnbull, A. P. (2015). Strong school–community partnerships in inclusive schools are “part of the fabric of the school.…we count on them.” School Community Journal, 25(2), 9-34.
Algozzine, B., Morsbach Sweeney, H., Choi, J. H.,Horner, R., Sailor, W., McCart, A. B., Satter, A., & Lane, K. L. (2016). Development and preliminary technical adequacy of the Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation Fidelity of Implementation Tool. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. doi: 0734282915626303
Shogren, K., McCart, A., Lyon, K., & Sailor, W. (2015). All means all: Building knowledge for inclusive schoolwide transformation. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 40, 173-191. doi: 10.1177/1540796915586191.
Haines, S., Gross, J., Blue-Banning, M., Francis, G., & Turnbull, A. (2015). Fostering family-school and community-school partnerships in inclusive schools: Using practice as a guide. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 40, 227-239. doi: 10.1177/1540796915594141.
Kozleski, E., Yu, I., Satter, A., Francis, G., & Haines, S. (2015). A never ending journey: Inclusive education is a principle of practice, not an end game. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 40, 211-226. doi: 10.1177/1540796915600717.
Kurth, J., Lyon, K., & Shogren, K. (2015). Supporting students with severe disabilities in inclusive schools: A descriptive account from schools implementing inclusive practices. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 40, 261-274. doi: 10.1177/1540796915594160.
Morningstar, M., Shogren, K., Lee, H., & Born, K. (2015). Preliminary lessons about supporting participation and learning in inclusive classrooms. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 40, 192-210. doi: 10.1177/1540796915594158.
Shogren, K., Gross, J., Forber-Pratt, A., Francis, G., Satter, A., Blue-Banning, M., & Hill, C. (2015). The perspectives of students with and without disabilities on inclusive schools. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 40, 242-260. doi: 10.1177/1540796915583493.
McCart, A., Sailor, W., Bezdek, J., & Satter, A. (2014). A framework for inclusive educational delivery systems. Inclusion, 2(4), 252-264.
Sailor, W. (2014). Advances in schoolwide inclusive school reform. Remedial and Special Education, Online First. doi:10.1177/0741932514555021.
Sailor, W., & McCart, A. (2014). Stars in alignment. Research & Practices for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 39(1), 55-64. doi: 10.1177/1540796914534622.
SWIFT Center. (2014). All Means All: Ending segregation in schools and achieving education and excellence for all. Special issue of TASH Connections, 40(2), 1-18.