Partnerships: Home, School, Community

Catalog description

This course prepares participants to effectively collaborate with families, educators, related service providers, and personnel from community agencies in culturally responsive ways, particularly as it relates to the IEP process. Participants are taught to focus on the role of the family as addressed by federal and state laws and to work through the special education process of referrals, evaluations, Individual Education Plans (IEPs), and transitions of individuals with exceptional learning needs. Participants explore and develop transition plans for students with exceptionalities and they learn the role of the special educator as student advocate and facilitator of collaboration. An important focus of the course is to identify effective strategies to enhance communication and collaboration among families, school staff and community resources.