Collaboration, Consultation, and Teamwork for Students with Special Needs

Collaboration, Consultation, and Teamwork for Students with Special Needs
ISBN-10
0132659670
ISBN-13
9780132659673
Category
Children with disabilities
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
Prentice Hall
Authors
Ann Knackendoffel, Peggy Dettmer, Linda P. Thurston

Description

The seventh edition of Collaboration, Consultation, and Teamwork for Students with Special Needs, focuses on collaboration in a variety of environments and emphasizes constructive ways to use educator differences to serve students with special needs. This text's broad perspective ensures coverage of the history of collaboration, ways to structure and implement collaborative teams, important processes and practices that ensure effective co-educator partnerships, and the external support that makes collaborative school consultation successful. The seventh edition features new chapters devoted to professional perspectives, personal preferences, paraeducators and evaluation techniques. With expanded Technology Tools sections, coverage of the latest educational reforms, and updated activities, this edition prepares educators, school personnel, families, and community leaders with a strong knowledge base that celebrates the strengths in personal differences. New to This Edition: - An expanded Chapter 2 emphasizes educators's different professional perspectives and how to use these differences to better serve students with special needs. - A new Chapter 3 focuses on variability in personal preferences and how to acknowledge, address and use these educator differences to maximize problem solving. - A new Chapter 11 focuses on paraprofessionals and the collaborative relationships between teachers and paraprofessionals. - A new Chapter 12 discusses how to evaluate collaborative and co-teaching environments. - Expanded Technology Tools sections highlight new collaboration tools such as web meetings, social networking media, resource-sharing tools, blogging and web tools, and personal productivity tools. - A broader perspective explores collaborative relationships beyond the classroom such as with co-teachers, early childhood education teachers, school counseling personnel, administrators, families, school boards, community leaders and community agencies. - A chapter devoted to diverse populations including students who are culturally and linguistically diverse, military dependents, students in gay and lesbian families, and those who move frequently.

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