Collaboration, Consultation and Teamwork for Students with Special Needs

Name: Collaboration, Consultation and Teamwork for Students with Special Needs
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ISBN: 9780205608379

ISBN-10: 020560837X

ISBN-13: 9780205608379

Edition: 6th 2009

Authors: Peggy Dettmer, Ann J. Knackendoffel, Linda P. Thurston, Norma J. Sellberg, Norma J. Dyck

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This text providesnbsp;a comprehensive, practical foundation and guide for preparing school personnel and families to work together in the education of students with special needs. The book addresses the roles and responsibilities of all educators at school, while working with families and in their communities, to allow them to provide services that will help students with special needs achieve and develop their potential.nbsp; nbsp; The books organizationnbsp;works well with thenbsp;conventional formatsnbsp;of a special education course in collaborative school consultation at the pre-service or graduate-level ,nbsp;with classes for general teacher education, and with school districts…

Book details

List price: $132.00
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English




Focuses oncontexts of collaboration, consultation, and teamwork



Describes collaborative consultation and co-teaching and introduces key elements in the collaborative environment



Emphasizes the array of differences in professional perspectives and personal preferences among educators, and highlights variables that create these differences



Provides a brief overview of school improvement issues and collaborative school consultation history, theory, and research



Featuresprocesses that facilitate collaborative school consultation and working in teams



Develops co-educators' verbal and nonverbal communication skills



Presents a format for finding the problems that affect student learning and behavior, and then planning ways to address those problems so that students with special needs can succeed



Focuses on avoiding stress that can lead to burnout from the profession



Providescontent needed by co-educators to work effectivelyin partnerships for students' special needs



Introduces co-teaching as a way of addressing all students' special needs collaboratively



Features family partnerships as the focus of collaborative consultation between home-based co-educators and school-based



Addresses needs of many diverse populations, including culturally and linguistically diverse students, those in rural and isolated areas, military dependent students, students who more frequently, those who are home schooled, and more



Addresses the collaborative roles among a variety of co-educators in the schools and communities, the place oftechnologyin collaborative consultation and team efforts, andadvocacy and leadershipamong educators for the future



Involves school administrators as partners in collaborative activities and addresses the paraeducator role and supervising teachers of paras



Explores the electronic role of technology as it relates to collaborative communication and networking



Concludes the text with attention to mentorships among veteran teachers and novice teachers, leadership development for effective schools, and resource acquisition through grants and other funded projects