Provides suggestions to mental health personnel for improving the delivery of therapeutic staff support in the public schools. Written from the school district's perspective, article provides basic information on how schools function, along with suggestions for improving communication with school personnel. (GCP)

This booklet provides sample strategies to ameliorate service delivery problems commonly encountered by rural special educators. Strategies to increase acceptance of disabled students by nondisabled peers include buddy systems and class activities that promote personal interaction, simulation activities, and social and personal skills development.…

This article describes efforts in Colorado to develop collaborative relationships among educators to better meet needs of students with disabilities. The article stresses the importance of developing common understanding, developing a full array of services within the delivery system, and addressing school scheduling issues. (JDD)

An approach to enlisting the involvement of school personnel in fluency assessment and treatment programs is described. The approach involves observations of students in a variety of academic and social situations and information exchange meetings between clinician and school personnel. A classroom-based fluency program using collaborative service…

This paper presents 15 questions for educators and administrators to ask themselves in designing and implementing inclusive and collaborative school programs. Questions, and the accompanying answers, cover such issues as funding, parental support, district philosophy, support for teachers, service delivery, teacher attitudes, regular education…

This article presents a teacher collaboration model called curriculum-based collaboration (CBC), which utilizes the differing expertise and perspectives of general and special education teachers. CBC includes several steps: (1) identify key content; (2) hold a planning meeting; (3) deliver instruction; (4) conduct an interim assessment; (5)…

This paper provides an overview of collaborative consultation, a service delivery model emphasizing mediated joint problem-solving efforts between individuals from different fields. Of special emphasis is the role of teachers of mainstreamed hearing-impaired students in providing ongoing support to regular classroom teachers, speech-language…

The concept of transition of an individual with a disability from school to adult environments is presented from the perspective of the educator's role. The educator's role is perceived as: (1) an "expert" on the needs of individuals with mental disabilities and the barriers they face when they move from the educational environment to…

This handbook is a self-help guide for beginning or improving cooperative efforts between recreation, park, and education agencies. The handbook covers: 1) development and writing of guidelines for a formal agreement to cooperate, 2) methods of developing supportive communication strategies, 3) determination of the costs of a cooperative venture,…

The paper describes the collaborative technique used by a school-based team of general and special educators, called a Student Assistance Team (SAT), to serve mainstreamed students and other unidentified "at risk" students in the regular classroom in a timely and efficient manner. The SAT referral process has five steps: teacher requests…

The design of a needs assessment model to establish the existing status and requirements of general and special education in eight small rural South Dakota districts interested in forming an education cooperative involved: (1) synthesizing major areas of need into workable components; (2) designing a needs assessment instrument based upon these…

This monograph is one of 12 that address various topics in the area of CETA/education linkages. They were designed to provide those individuals interested in the development and implementation of CETA/education linkages with information that will serve to enhance the quality of existing programs and facilitate the efficient and effective…

This paper describes a process for restructuring service-delivery models for inclusion in New York State schools. The process is based on several assumptions, some of which include: (1) Home-zone school placement or choice/magnet school options are the preferred placement for special education students; (2) inclusion models must restructure…

The efforts of a speech-language pathologist to foster a collaborative consultation service delivery approach with classroom teachers are described. The approach involved an in-service session for teachers, teachers providing the therapist with classroom curricula and materials, and the therapist observing speech-language-impaired students in the…

This article presents two models to assist speech-language pathologists in overcoming potential barriers to effective service delivery collaboration: peer coaching, in which teachers and therapists model techniques and lessons for each other; and coteaching, in which classroom teachers plan activities to meet curriculum goals while therapists…