Consultation and Collaboration in Special Education (Grades K-12)

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Examines the rationale for collaboration, the facilitating factors involved, co-teaching models and strategies for successful implementation. Focuses on the development of skills and knowledge in collaborative consultation as a process that enables diverse special education teams to create solutions for educating students with special needs. Provides practice in techniques and skills for effective communication with exceptional students, and consultation and collaboration with families, general educators, and other interdisciplinary, interagency teams. Focuses on critical reflection in the collaborative consultation process on the ways in which language, culture and implicit bias may influence collaborative interactions among school and other professionals and the peers, family and community members with whom they interact.