Fostering Collaboration as Transition Specialists Through Community Conversations

Autor:	Lisa S. Cushing, Lindsay Athamanah, Michelle Parker-Katz
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	030506 rehabilitation Medical education Health (social science) media_common.quotation_subject Transition (fiction) 05 social sciences 050301 education 03 medical and health sciences Pedagogy Conversation Sociology 0305 other medical science 0503 education Law media_common Community collaboration
Zdroj:	Journal of Disability Policy Studies. 28:244-254
ISSN:	1538-4802 1044-2073
DOI:	10.1177/1044207317739407
Popis:	Community collaboration is touted as a powerful way to help improve postschool outcomes for students with disabilities. However, limited research has examined effective practices to initiate a wide range of school, family, and community partnerships. Such knowledge could be especially pivotal to the preparation of special educators for the role of transition specialists. Also, it could be useful for providing important connections among school-based personnel, parents, and community members to link transition goals and transition education. In this study, we examined the experiences of 23 special educators who were enrolled in university graduate studies to become transition specialists. Each led two community conversation events (N = 46 events) in their local school districts. Our examination of the processes they learned to use and the content attendees discussed suggests the conversations were successful in providing these special educators with the capacity to lead collaborations between schools and c...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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