 In order to truly build an inclusive learning environment, school should employ a wraparound approach to meet the needs of all students. According to Alberta Education, a wraparound approach is a philosophy of care that includes a definable planning process involving the child, student and family that results in comprehensive, coordinated supports and services to achieve improved learning outcomes and improved quality of life. Coordinated services and supports offered through multiple professionals and agencies that are school based and or school linked might include health and mental health related services, mentoring, before and after school programs, and other supports and services for parents and families. It is unrealistic to assume that schools are able to provide comprehensive support to meet the needs of all students, but a wraparound approach can provide services and opportunities for students that otherwise would not be available through the school alone. Knowing what services are available within the community and collaborating with service providers can provide students with a network of professionals that are able to support the whole students. So we have a number of individuals that come in for different needs of students, whether it's physical therapy, speech and language, those are all things that they come into help support those students in the class. How beneficial is it to have those supports available at the school? It's critical to provide the things that those students need in order for them to be successful both here at school but also in their regular life and community life as well. So they become just something that is part of their learning and the school environment provides us an opportunity to give them that on a regular consistent basis. I think especially for the fact that for these students the support is weekly. Sometimes it takes a variety of approaches, sometimes it is right within the classroom, other times it's on a pull-out basis, but it's the weekly contact that is the most beneficial. An important first step for administrators is to build an awareness of the services that are available within your school community. These can include both internal and external supports, such as healthcare professionals and social service agencies. Every school community is different, so it is up to each school to know what services are available and who to contact when a need arises. And we also have our community that also supports us in that. These are children that live amongst us throughout the community and the community members work with these children outside of school time. So those are huge commitments that we build together as a partnership. Knowing what community services and supports are available is an important first step, but once these supports are identified, it is up to the school to ensure all stakeholders work in collaboration with each other to provide support for each student. No individual person or agency is responsible for student success within a wraparound approach. Rather, all service providers and stakeholders must work together to effectively meet the needs of each student. Working as a team will ensure every student's physical, cognitive, social, and behavioral well-being is effectively supported. I think a lot of the essential supports that are required to make it a successful learning environment, as Lila was mentioning, your speech people, your OT people, ESL support is huge also. As our classroom, we have like one-third of our classes, English second language students, so they come in with another handful of lots of knowledge, but we have to figure out a way to get that out of them and keep them involved in what we're doing. So we've used a lot of those supports, and especially with the L&L program, there's a specialist that will come out to observe how it's going, and they're a really great support for any technology programs maybe we haven't heard of. So we can say, this is what we're having trouble with. We can't figure out how to get this kind of a lesson to be represented in this way for this particular student, so they're kind of disengaging in the class. So if we can let them know what we're having trouble with, then they're pretty quick at being able to come back and let us know what can help. And they'll come right in the classroom and help us out. I've found that it is really essential. Parents also need to be made aware of what services are available for their child and be an active part of the decision-making around what services will best meet their child's needs. Our parents are our best advocates, and they actually, it's something that they believe in and that they want for their school and their community, and we use them to actually help educate each other. And then it's conversations on an ongoing basis, especially with parents who are new to our school community who may not have had the same experience. We show them how we work, why we do what we do, and give them the details that they need to know so that they feel that their kids are going to have the same success and the same opportunities as everybody else has. We are noticing that our parents of our most vulnerable students also feel vulnerable. And so one of the things we have been trying this year is to bring them in as part of our community as well and saying, if we collectively have a better understanding then we can collectively do a better job. And we've been using people outside of the school to talk with these parents, to work with these parents, and we're looking at expanding that so that there's more communication. And so we're using outside sources, we're using inside and we're using the parent. At some points we've also brought the child in. So it's a very strong interconnected process, very infant at the moment. But we're getting, you know, we're looking at that. Meeting the needs of all students requires a team of individuals working closely together to support learner needs and build on student strengths. Building a network of community supports ensures that all students have their physical, emotional, social and cognitive needs met.