This manual is a guide to Project MESH (Making Effective Schools Happen), a project which blends the "effective schools" research and change process with the values of the movement to include all students with disabilities in general education programs. The manual is based on the experience of two elementary schools in Washington State. The manual is organized around the key components of an inclusive school: (1) a description of the schools and the current program offerings at both schools; (2) the change process (an outline of the building-based change process as it occurred at each school); (3) teamwork (a discussion of effective teaming practices, teams as related to inclusion, and role descriptions); (4) a community of learners (an explanation of strategies for building community in schools and classrooms); and (5) individual student planning (an outline of the program planning process for students with moderate or severe developmental disabilities as well as discussion of curriculum adaptation). Appended are resource lists and Core Team meeting notes for each school for the project's first year. (Contains 71 references.) (DB)