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Abstract Successful inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classrooms requires a variety of supports. This article demonstrates the role that peers can play in supporting each other. Whole-classroom strategies such as Class-Wide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) and cross-age tutoring are highlighted as methods of supporting inclusive education. Information is also provided about peer tutoring efforts at the secondary level in which students receive elective credit for supporting students with disabilities in general education classes. Suggestions for providing guidance and support for peer tutors are included. Further, this article explores the concept of establishing a cooperative classroom by addressing the 4 types of helping that must become common to all classrooms: requesting help, accepting help, refusing help, and providing help.
Bond et al. (Sat,) studied this question.