Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals (5th Edition) (Paperback)

by Marilyn Friend (Author), Lynne Cook (Author)

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The most widely-used text on the topic of collaboration, Interactions is a guide for preprofessionals and professionals to help them understand and participate effectively in their interactions with other school professionals and parents. It addresses collaboration as a style, with accompanying knowledge and skills, that guides practices in many education efforts. Interactions provides a cutting-edge look at how teams of school professionals-- special educators, general educators and related services professionals--can effectively work together to provide a necessary range of services to students with special needs. As a result, future teachers learn how to collaborate with school professionals and families to help special education students who are more often being placed in general education settings. The new edition features: discussion of collaboration in the context of IDEA 2004; Chapter Opening Vignettes; a new boxed feature entitled "A Basis in Research" that demonstrates the rigorous research underpinning the practical collaborative techniques; an expanded section on Ethics that includes a broader selection of ethical inquiries; Issues of diversity are now discussed in relevant passages throughout the text; the Foundations chapter has been expanded to include material on the evolution of inclusion strategies; the Teams chapter has been revised to demonstrate a more practical and less theoretical approach to teaming.

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The most widely-used text on the topic of collaboration, Interactions is a guide for preprofessionals and professionals to help them understand and participate effectively in their interactions with other school professionals and parents.  It addresses collaboration as a style, with accompanying knowledge and skills, that guides practices in many education efforts.

 

Highlights of the Fifth Edition

 

·         Discussion of collaboration in the context of IDEA 2004 (Ch. 1).

·         Chapter Opening Vignettes invite the reader into the chapter topic by illustrating real-world context. 

·         “A Basis in Research” features demonstrate the rigorous research underpinning the practical collaborative techniques.

·         The text’s section on Ethics has been expanded to include a broader selection of ethical inquiries.

·         Issues of diversity are now discussed in relevant passages throughout the text rather than in a separate boxed feature (as in last edition).

·         "Foundations" has been expanded to include material on the evolution of inclusion strategies (Ch. 1).

·         "Teams" has been revised to demonstrate a more practical and less theoretical approach to teaming (Ch. 3).

 

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 5 edition (July 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205483518
• ISBN-13: 978-0205483518
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #65,829 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding practical guide for teachers to work together, June 10, 1999

By	[e-mail] "proskval" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals (Paperback)

For any teachers who want to improve their effectiveness in teams and decrease frustrations when teams don't work, this is a useful resource. The chapters touch on the real issues that affect schools and keep the adults in schools from working effectively together. In other words, all the unmentioned political and interpersonal foolishness that nobody teaches you about in teacher school are laid right out there, along with suggestions on how to deal effectively with problem situations. A real must-read for teachers who value collaboration.

If you want to be a better colleague and develop the skills to deal effectively with other school professionals, this book can help you. If you are a special education teacher frustrated by resistance from general ed teachers, this book can help you. If you want to stop wasting time at team meetings, this book can help you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals (4th Edition), September 24, 2005

By	D. J. Ricker II "dog lover" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals (4th Edition) (Paperback)

This is the book my college professorsaid we had to have for class. A fellow collegue at her previous University helped to write it. She said that she is a expert in her field. After having read several chapters of this book, I agree. This book is well written, professional, and straightforward. I will keep it for future reference.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent source of info., May 17, 2008

By	E. Cruz "Elisa" (FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Using this book for a grad. course on collaboration and consultation. So far, the information it's provided seems to be quite valuable.