LibGuides: MMS623: Module 1

Module 1 Required Resources

Textbook

Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals

Friend, M. (2020). Interactions: Collaboration skills for school professionals (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
- eText ISBN-13: 9780135752418
- print ISBN-13: 9780135752388
Please read the following chapters:
- Chapter 1: Foundations and Perspectives, pp. 2-27.
- Chapter 2: Interpersonal Communication, pp. 28-54.
- Chapter 6: Teams, pp. 136-161.
Your course textbook can be accessed via the DART eBook link in the Getting Started module.
The content contains updated, relevant information addressing questions and concerns by both general and special education teachers. Key concerns addressed are collaboration with parents and families, with paraprofessionals, and professional collaboration as case managers of students with special needs within interdisciplinary, multi-disciplinary, and transdisciplinary teams.

High-Leverage Practices in Special Education

McLeskey, J., Barringer, M. D., Billingsley, B., Brownell, M., Jackson, D., Kennedy, M., Lewis, T., Maheady, L., Rodriguez, J., Scheler, M.C., Winn, J., & Ziegler, D. (2017). High-leverage practices in special education. Collaboration: Research synthesis, pp. 27-40. Arlington, VA: Council for Exceptional Children & CEEDAR Center.
The resources are designed to support and strengthen special educators' understanding of the high-leverage practices (HLPs) for collaboration as members of a wide range of collaborative teams. HLPs are the basis of building effective collaborative skills to increase student success.
There are two formats to choose from, website and PDF.

Videos

Serving the Whole Learner Symposium

California Department of Education (2019). Serving the whole learner symposium. Part 1. Identifying challenges and uncovering solutions. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzFlVv4zZ9k&t=15s
The video provides the background of the California Department of Education’s initiative for reforming education within the K-12 system for all children to focus on the whole child.

Student Involvement in the IEP Process – Session 1
● I’m Determined. (2022, Nov. 3) Student involvement in the IEP process – Session 1 – Overview [Video]. Virginia Department of Education.
● This is the first in a series of four videos for special education teachers to explore how to increase student Involvement in the IEP process utilizing the One-Pager, The Good Day Planner, and Goal Plan Self-Determination tools.
Student Involvement in the IEP Process – Session 2
● I’m Determined. (2022, Nov. 3) Student involvement in the IEP process – Session 2 – The One-Pager [Video]. Virginia Department of Education.
● This is the second in a series of four videos for special education teachers to explore how to increase student Involvement in the IEP process utilizing the One-Pager I’m Determined Tool to promote student engagement and participation in the IEP process.

Documents

Document: One-Page Template:
Click here to access the One-Page Template.

Module 1 Optional Resources

Fieldwork

Fieldwork 1: Report: One System: Reforming Education to Serve all Students
● Berman, D. S., Colvin, R., Freedman, M., Grady, M., Hehir, T., Mares, T., & Wright, K. (2015). One system: Reforming education to serve all students.
● This report provides foundational information, data, and about the need to reform education in California as a whole child approach to serve all children.
Fieldwork 2: Book: One System
● Berman, D. S., Colvin, R., Freedman, M., Grady, M., Hehir, T., Mares, T., & Wright, K. (2015). One system: Reforming education to serve all students.

Website

Supporting Inclusive Practices
● Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP). (2018). Why inclusion?
● The website is supported by the California Department of Education and provides current progress toward inclusion for all students with disabilities.

Video

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education & Novak, K. (2019, January 9). Multi-tiered system of supports. [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IysduZw7v_Y&feature=youtu.be