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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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About the Author | |
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Why Can't We Just Be Friends? | |
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Becoming Proactive: Improving the School Climate Through Collaboration | |
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Overview of the Collaboration Project | |
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Principals of Collaboration | |
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Distinguishing Between Collaboration, Consultation, and Teaming | |
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Conclusion | |
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Background: Making the Case for Collaboration | |
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Legislative Mileposts | |
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Collaboration: Relevant Trends and Events | |
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Conclusion | |
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Ingredients for Successful Collaboration: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Characteristics | |
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Intrapersonal Foundation for Collaboration | |
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Interpersonal Foundation for Collaboration | |
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Problem Solving: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Skills | |
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Bringing It All Together | |
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Evaluating Your Situation Honestly: Appraising Your School as a Context for Collaboration | |
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Assessing Resources Available to Collaborators | |
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Factors Promoting Collaboration | |
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Applications to Use in Your School Setting | |
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Communitywide Collaboration Experiments | |
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Developing an Effective Collaboration Strategy: Half Empty or Half Full? | |
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Collaboration Component Checklists | |
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Compatibility Checklist | |
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Success Checklist | |
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Conclusion | |
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Designing a Plan for Change Starting With You | |
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Guidelines for the Collaboration Project | |
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Designing a Self-Referential Plan for Collaboration | |
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Overview of Pragmatic Goals | |
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Development of Pragmatic Goals and Objectives | |
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Incorporating Expertise: Marshaling Resources | |
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What Now? What Works and What Doesn't When Collaborating | |
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Effective Communication Strategies: Something for Everyone | |
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Accomplishing Pragmatic Goals and Associated Evaluation Methods | |
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Making Use of Your Collaboration Resource Network | |
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Conclusion | |
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Evaluating the Success of Your Plan: How Can You Tell? | |
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Objective Measures of Change | |
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Subjective Measures of Change | |
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Conclusion | |
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Self-Encouragement: Keeping Yourself Going | |
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Self-Talk: The Cornerstone for Self-Encouragement or Self-Discouragement | |
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Looking for the Positives: Positive Reinforcement for Yourself | |
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Sample Projects Incorporating Reinforcement | |
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Teaching Yourself to Look: Observing Yourself | |
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Conclusion | |
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Summing Up the Outcomes: What Have You Accomplished? | |
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Assessing Success: How Did Your Plan Work Out? | |
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Communication Habits | |
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Problem-Solving Habits | |
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Cooperative Work Efforts | |
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Conclusion | |
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Generalizing Your Plan to Others: Improved Collaboration With Parents and Family Members of Your Students | |
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Key 1: Understanding Family Diversity | |
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Key 2: Developing Practical Communication Habits | |
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Key 3: Build on What You've Already Learned | |
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Conclusion | |
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Generalizing Your Plan to Others: Improved Collaboration With Members of Your Interdisciplinary Team | |
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The Life Cycle of Your Interdisciplinary Team | |
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Additional Use of Teams | |
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Conclusion | |
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References | |
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Index | |