Recording from Farspoken Studios in beautiful Marietta, GA...you are listening to the Think Inclusive Podcast (Episode 12) brought to you by Brookes Publishing Company. I am your host Tim Villegas. It is has been a few months since we have published a podcast interview here at Think Inclusive and there is a good reason. Since we have been expanding the website…we have been upgrading our sound equipment and computer hardware. In addition we are changing the format slightly so that hopefully we can produce more podcasts for you to listen to. Today you will hear two edited interviews that I did from almost a year ago. The first is with Audri Gomez and Aja McKee, educators that have had experience in the classroom as well in teacher training. They give a unique perspective on how we can prepare teachers who are about to enter into the field of special education and also highlight what a degree in Disability Studies looks like. My second interview is with a Middle School teacher who works here in the Atlanta Metro Area. Her book SPED is about a fictional character, Jack Parker, as he navigates the complexities of having learning disabilities in 8th grade and being in special education. At the time of this interview SPED2 had not come out yet but is now out on Amazon Kindle and in Paperback. I’ll have links in the show notes page. I’ll also tell you how you can hear the complete unedited versions of the interviews at the end of the podcast.  So… without further ado… let’s get to the Think Inclusive Podcast… thanks for listening.  Stay tuned to the end of the podcast to learn how you can hear the complete and unedited version of my interview with Audri and Aja. And now my interview with educator Re Marzullo…author of SPED and SPED2. That concludes this edition of the Think Inclusive Podcast... For more information about Audri and Aja and what Disabilities Studies really means you can visit chapmandisabilitystudies.com. For more information on Re Marzullo’s books you can visit her website remarzullo.wordpress.com as well as download SPED and SPED2 from Amazon.com. Remember you can always find us on twitter @think_inclusive or on the web at thinkinclusive.us. Visit our sponsor at BrookesPublishing.com and receive 25% off your order using the promo code: TIMBD25  If you are interested in hearing unedited versions of the interview, become a Think Inclusive+ Member today and download them from our members content area. Other benefits of membership include an online curated newsletter that includes inclusion related links from around the web, access to the Think Inclusive Archive, book excerpts and exclusive articles, and coming later this year video modules and other resouces from our sponsor and partner Kids Included Together specializing in providing best practices training to community based organizations who are committed to including children with and without disabilities. Use the promo code PODCAST to receive $10 off a yearly membership to Think Inclusive. Today's show was produced Farspoken Recordings talking into condenser microphone, Xenyx Mixer, a MacBookPro, garageband, and a skype account. Exit music by SS41 with the song “Heart of It“…you can download it from iTunes or stream it on Spotify. You can also subscribe to the Think Inclusive podcast via the iTunes music store or Podomatic.com (the largest community of independent podcasters on the planet). From Marietta, GA...please join us again on the Think Inclusive podcast...thanks for your time and attention.