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Sapon-Shevin, Mara. Widening the Circle: the Power of Inclusive Classrooms. Beacon        Press, 2007. In Widening the circle: the power of inclusive classrooms the audience is given first hand account of what it is like to be a student with learning disabilities or a parent of a student with learning disabilities. Sapon-Shevin also provides real solutions on how to address different needs of an inclusive classroom. The purpose of this book is to shift and reshape the perspective many teachers have on students who enter the classroom with learning disabilities or special needs. As the reader learns about the different characteristics of an inclusive classroom they are often challenged with their own beliefs about what is appropriate or inappropriate behavior of school-age children.