SPED 6250 Collaboration Theory

This course explores the methods and challenges of working effectively with others to provide educational services to students with disabilities. The focus is on communication and cooperation with colleagues, individuals with disabilities, their parents, and community agencies. Understanding the needs and aspirations of families, including those from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds, is emphasized, as are facilitating in-class support in the inclusive classroom, buidling productive consultative relationships with professional staff, and coordinating the transition from preschool to kindergarten and from secondary to post-secondary settings. The appropriate techniques and dispositions for participation in multi-disciplinary team staffings are presented. Special education code pertaining to CST functioning is reviewed, followed by an introduction to the process of IEP development.
Credits: 3.0