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Education 375-3

Collaborative Consultation: Team Approaches to Special Education

Summer Session

? Instructor: Dr. Daphne D. Thomas

MTWRFS

8:30-12:30

August 16-25, 1990

Location: Castlegar

Prerequisite:

Certified Practicing Teacher

Course Description:

Special Educators are increasingly more involved in negotiations

with variety of professionals who provide services to handicapped

children. This course is designed to help students work more

collaboratively and in consultation with their colleagues. The course

will help students to integrate theory on collaborative consultation

with research on service delivery and service needs of exceptional

students. Content will consist of three modules:

1.)

theoretical base of collaboration and consultation

2.)

research on efficacy of service needs of exceptional students

3.)

models and strategies for consulting and collaborating in the

delivery of services to exceptional students.

Course Objectives:

1.

Develop a theoretical perspective on collaborative consultation.

2.

Identify the basic consultation and collaborative models.

3.

Discuss research related to service needs of exceptional

students.

4.

Describe a variety of models for provision of service to

exceptional students.

5.

Identify interpersonal styles which facilitate or impede

successful collaboration.

6.

Identify and demonstrate effective questioning, listening, and

negotiating skills appropriate for the collaborative/consultative

process.

7.

Design consultation processes that facilitate mutually beneficial

outcomes.

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Class Format:

The course is designed to effect optimal learning experiences for

all participants. Initially, the class will be conducted via lecture

in order to establish a knowledge base in collaborative

consultation. Afterwards, video taper, role play, small group

discussions, situational analysis activities, and demonstrations

will serve to guide our learning experiences.

Required Text

Idole, Lorna, Paolucci-Whitcomb, Nevin, Ann (1986), Collaborative

Consultation, Aspen, Rockville, Maryland.

Additional reading for each module.