Collaboration & Transition

Catalog description

This course is designed to support you in developing the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that Turnbull, Turnbull, Erwin, Soodak & Shogren (2011) identify as necessary for partnerships with families and other professionals within school and community settings. These “partnership principles” include communication, professional competence, respect, trust, commitment, equality, and advocacy. Course participants will develop an understanding of families and schools as interactive social systems. Although the course will focus more specifically on developing collaboration and teams to support children with disabilities and their families, and/or those from diverse social, cultural, and linguistic traditions, the concepts presented are applicable to strengthening partnerships with all families and building collaboration among all professionals. Offered Spring and Summer.