PLURALISTIC RELATIONSHIPS: FAMILY, SCHOOL, & COMMUNITY AGENCY

Catalog description

This course provides students with theory, general principles, and procedures for fostering collaborative partnerships among families, professionals, students, and other stakeholders that lead to outcomes of individual and mutual empowerment in a pluralistic society. Students will gain knowledge of interpersonal and collaborative skills that support partnerships between parents and school/community professionals as well as between school professionals and other community service providers including conflict resolution. Collaborative partnerships for planning transition from early childhood through adulthood are explored. Information concerning national, state, and local resources for families of children with disabilities will be provided and integrated into class activities.