Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals (Friend, 2021)
Friend, M. (2021). Interactions: Collaboration skills for school professionals (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Read Chapter 9 – Difficult Interactions
Methods to address conflict and other difficult interactions are discussed, and ways to resolve conflict and problem-solve are addressed.
Your course textbook can be accessed via the DART eBook link in the Getting Started module.
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.
Read pp. 27-40
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.
● Diliberto, J. A., & Brewer, D. (2014). Six tips for successful IEP meetings. Teaching Exceptional Children, 47(2), 128-135.
● The authors provide tips to ensure effective IEP team meetings.
● Menlove, R. R., Hudson, P. J., & Suter, D. (2001) A field of IEP dreams. Teaching Exceptional Children, 33(5), 28-33.
● The authors provided suggestions to proactively encourage general education teachers to attend IEP meetings.
● I’m Determined. (2022, Nov. 3) Student involvement in the IEP – Video modules [Video]. Virginia Department of Education. https://www.imdetermined.org/resource/student-involvement-in-the-iep-modules/
(Session 4: The Goal Plan)
● Tutorials and modules to help teachers to teach students how to actively participate in the IEP process.
