EDIS 515 - Collaborative Teamwork

This course teaches strategies for building and operating collaborative interdisciplinary teams in school and community settings. These strategies are relevant to general and special educators as well as to other disciplines (e.g., School and Clinical Psychology, Communication Disorders, Counselor Education, Adapted Physical Education). Course content addresses team organization; stages of team development and team building strategies; teamwork skills (e.g., communication, problem-solving, conflict resolution); barriers to and supports for collaborative teams; extending the team to family members, students/peers, related service personnel, and paraprofessionals; the team’s role in transitioning students between programs, schools, and grades; and team evaluation. (Y)

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite/corequisite: EDIS 302 or 500.

Credits: 3

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