TEDV 324

Collaboration Chart
Directions: Using information from text, internet, MyEducationLab, and other resources (all restated in your own words), identify the
Benefits related to the type of partnership, the Challenges associated with the type of partnership, and the Strategies used
to create successful partnerships. Table will grow as you type, you can also decrease font to 10, if you desire.

Partnership
Special Education and
General Education as
Coteachers

Benefits

Challenges

Strategies

-Learn from each other

-Shared responsibility
-Students gain advantage

-Feelings of inequality
-Feelings of helplessness
-Feelings of not being heard

-Teacher cooperation/observation
-Student commitment
-Monitoring and modification

Special Education and

General Education as
Resource

-Student Ownership
-Individual rather than class focus
-Content rather than accommodation

-Time to work together successfully

-Finding a quiet space to meet
-Familiarity with procedures

-Common collaborating time

-Scheduled early out days
-Regular planning periods

Special Education
Other Professionals

and

-Assist in design and implementation

-Shared responsibility

-Finding time to meet

-Maintaining ethical responsibility

-RTI and instructional support

-Modeling and training

General Education
Other Processionals

and

-Experience lends new information

-Shared responsibility

-Inability to meet student needs

-Disinterest in special education

-Communication that is open

-Scheduling and planning

School
Parents/Families

and

-Familiarity with student behaviors

-Mutual trust and collaboration

-Denial of student problems

-Feelings of not knowing what to do

-Open and honest communication

-Parent/teacher conferences

- Shared information about child

- Ensures cooperation

-Cultural and linguistic diversity

-Scheduling conflicts

-Family-centered practice
-Focus on strengths not deficits

Preschool Teachers and

Families