SCHOOL-FAMILY-COMMUNITY CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide an analysis of best practices and current research in consultation and collaboration between multidisciplinary school and clinical personnel, family members, and community agencies in fostering learning, and emotional/social development in children and adolescents. The role of school psychologists in different types of consultation models and settings will be considered, with an emphasis on school-based consultation. School psychology candidates in this course will gain knowledge of major models of consultation and collaboration and develop skills to effectively consult and collaborate with teachers, administrators, other helping professionals, and family members. Skill development will include practices to work effectively diverse populations. In addition, this course will examine achievement and performance difficulties in students as part of the consultation process and in terms of parent-school-community communications and problem solving. Lastly, this course will examine the issue of school climate and the factors that contribute to its development including the roles of teachers, other school personnel, students, administrators and families.