Consultation Collaboration, and Teamwork For Students with Special Needs,Allyn and Bacon, 8th edition

Chapter 5:USING THE PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS IN COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL CONSULTATION AND TEAMWORK

1. Describe a situation in which a school consultant might ask a consultee the following "golden question" in initiating collaboration to address students' special needs: "What can I do to help you and your student(s) that you do not have the time and/or resources to do?"
2. Provide an original example for each of these problem-solving processes:
   1. problem-solving with consultation
   2. problem-solving with collaboration
   3. problem-solving with teamwork
3. Name two things to look for and make plans to improve next time if collaborative problem-solving for a situation was less than successful.

Chapter 6: USING TOOLS FOR ORGANIZING, MANAGING, AND EVALUATING

COLLABORATION

1. Name 2 strategies that a collaborative consulting teacher could propose to a school administrator for freeing up time to co-plan and collaborate.
2. In a brief paragraph, describe "the perfect meeting" involving several co-educators.
3. How can an electronic notebook, journal, or "filing cabinet" help collaborative school consultants and team teachers organize their considerable amount of material?