As the population of special learners changes and the demands on educational professionals increase, the need for collaboration/co-teaching and consultation becomes ever more acute. To address this need, this popular text presents a teaming model–one based on interdisciplinary teaching and collaborative consultation.   By sharing knowledge among professionals; and teaming with professionals and parents to meet the unique requirements of children and youth with special needs, this approach works with infants/toddlers through secondary-school aged learners. Comprising this teaming model are key elements of school leadership, adult learning, and the recognition importance of maintaining sensitivity to cultural and language differences.

• Thorough, meaningful integration of issues involved in diversity—Throughout the text.

  • Showcases this reality of today's school environment—emphasizes this concept as an integral component of effective collaboration.

• A chapter on Professional Development (Ch. 6)—Including an overview and specific ideas for inservice preparation.

  • Speaks to the current trend toward accountability—Shows practicing professionals with a commitment to the children they serve.

• Compares the teaming model with other collaborative models—Including discussion of the medical model, the triadic model, the collaborative consultation model, and the school-based teacher assistance team model.

  • Facilitates students understanding of similarities and differences in models—highlights the advantages and disadvantages of each, and makes the case for the model that this text advocates.

• A concluding chapter featuring an extended case study—Showing the texts model applied to a particular learning situation.

  • Presents a realistic snapshot of the model “in action”—offers guidelines for using interactive teaming effectively in todays educational settings and those to come.

• Applications and case studies throughout the text.

  • Give students a glimpse of the "realities" of special education and "how to" partnership in today's environment—provide authentic examples of interactive teaming for use as study models and in future classes.

• Summary, Activities , and References sections—At the end of each chapter to reinforce the research in the text.

  • Aid students comprehension of text material—involve students in the chapters concepts and offer a springboard to extended, additional study.

• A new co-author, Hazel A. Jones—Former speech/language pathologist and early childhood special educator.

  • Brings to the text an interactive teaming background—a professional “in the trenches” of collaborative teaching with the youngest learners.

• Incorporates recent research throughout the material-- With a focus on assessment, secondary transition, and understanding the family as a full team member.  Ensures students the benefit of the most current thinking in the field--demonstrates a significant level of support for the interactive teaming approach among leading educators.

I. CONTEXT AND FOUNDATION.

II. FACILITATING FACTORS.

III. IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERACTIVE TEAMING.

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Allyn & Bacon Helping Professions SuperSite for Counseling
Allyn & Bacon
©2003   |   Pearson   |   On-line Supplement   |   Live
ISBN-10: 0205394302   |   ISBN-13: 9780205394302
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Career Counseling: Work in Progress DVD
Greenwood, Amundson & Niles
©2006   |   Pearson   |   DVD   |   Instock
ISBN-10: 0131920014   |   ISBN-13: 9780131920019
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