Inclusion means the process of ________.

Learners with Special Educational Needs (SEN): In India, a learner with SEN is defined variously in different documents. 

• For example, a child with SEN in a District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) document is defined as a child with disability namely visual, hearing, locomotor, and intellectual. 
• Inclusion is an umbrella term that refers to include each and every category of children, regardless of their differences and disabilities.
• Each child comes with their own characteristics, strengths and limitations, so sensitization regarding their individual needs is needed to make inclusion successful.

Key Points

These are the key ingredients needed for successful inclusion:

• Sensitization

• Teacher collaboration

• Effective parental involvement

• Collaborative teaching models

• Skilled and sensitized teaching

• Use of multilingualism as a resource
• Use of specific pedagogical strategies

• Well constructed plan to achieve the goal of each student, etc.

Hence, we can say that inclusion means the process of educating children with SEN alongside their peers in mainstream schools.