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Chapter 9
Collaborating and Coordinating with Other Professionals and Family
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Working with Other Professionals
Collaboration
Consultation– Prevention– Effective schools (problem solving)– Coordinated instruction
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Peer Collaboration (Friend & Cook, 2000; Hudson & Glomb, 1997)
Initiation or facilitation
Clarifying questions
Summarization
Interventions and predictions
Evaluation
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Effective Collaboration
Administrative Support
Co-Planning
Co-Teaching
Co-Assessment
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Collaboration Issues
Concerns about cooperative teaching
Student ownership
Individual versus class focus
Content versus accommodation
Real world versus student’s world
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Critical Communication Skills
Acceptance
Listening– Listen for real content– Listen for feelings– Restate content and
reflect feelings– Allow speaker to
confirm or correct perception
Questioning
Staying focused
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Working with Parents
Family adjustment
– Entire family needs resources and support
– Needs evolve over time
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Needs of Parents (Simpson, 1982)
Information exchange
Consumer and advocacy information
Home/community program implementation
Counseling, therapy, and consultation
Parent-coordinated service program
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Parents as Partners in
Establishing homework policies
Encouraging student independence
Parents as teachers
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Effective Parent Conferences
Listen until they are finished
Take notes
Summarize their major concerns
State your position calmly
Come to closure
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Positive Communication with Parents
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