Chapter 3: School, Family,and Community Collaboration

In the context of collaboration, what should general and special education teachers do if their agendas for students with learning disabilities differ?

They should work together to achieve the overall goals of successful progress for all students.

Identify a true statement about the conceptual barriers to collaboration.

This type of barrier tends to emerge based on roles people play and typical expectations.

under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are coordinated activities for a student, within an outcome-oriented process, that promote transition from school to adult activities.

Transition Services

In collaborative work, each party is engaged in the achievement of a common goal, but each is not necessarily equally involved in carrying out the work.

True

In collaborative work, each party is engaged in the achievement of a common goal, but each is not necessarily equally involved in carrying out the work. True false question.

True

_____ are typically hired to provide specific support in a classroom or to a specific student or students with learning disabilities.

Paraprofessionals

Which concept of collaboration suggests that each person is equally valued as a contributor to an effort?

Parity

Which concept of collaboration suggests that each person is equally valued as a contributor to an effort? Multiple choice question.

Parity

John is a general educator who teaches students with intellectual disability. The school administrator of the school suggests him to determine the best education program for the students collaboratively with Jerry, a speech and language pathologist. But due to their busy schedules, John and Jerry face difficulty to decide on a particular day for a meeting to discuss the responsibility. Identify the barrier to collaboration in this scenario. Multiple choice question.

Pragmatic barriers

_____ are considered the most significant barriers in collaboration.

Pragmatic barriers

Variables that promote team effectiveness in a collaborative process include _____. Multiple choice question.

good team communication

Positive Ways

Learning advocacy and empathy skills

Identify a suggestion provided by Callicott for teachers working with culturally or linguistically diverse families of students with learning disabilities.

Use culturally responsive feedback and methods of communication.

Identify a feature of co-teaching.

It represents a major aspect of the collaborative efforts among teachers working with students with disabilities.

The _____ model of co-teaching involves each co-teacher planning and instructing students.

alternative teaching

According to Duke, which of the following tends to create a barrier to collaboration in an educational setting?

Different agendas of general and special education teachers

Complete agreement with each decision is necessary in collaboration.

False

Negative Ways

Feeling that the sibling with disabilities receives more attention and help

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates sharing resources as a concept of collaboration?

Hanna is willing to give others access to her personal computer in order to reach a common goal.

Identify a feature of the teaming model of co-teaching.

It is the most collaborative model of co-teaching.

Identify the level of parent and family participation that involves the direct involvement of family members in goal identification and analyses of strategies.

Advocacy and collaborative program involvement

According to Meyer, Bevan-Brown, Harry, and Sapon-Shevin, teachers involved in the special education process are more likely to be _____.

middle-class Americans

In the _____ model of co-teaching, one teacher teaches students with learning disabilities and the other examines during instructional times

one teach, one observe

Student participation in the development of individualized education programs (IEPs) can be enhanced by _____.

providing students with background knowledge concerning the IEP

According to Fiedler et al., siblings of the students with learning disabilities can be supported by _____.

providing them with information about their sibling's disability

Administrators that collaborate in teaching students with learning disabilities are responsible for _____.

recruiting, hiring, and retaining culturally responsive faculty and staff

For students with moderate to severe disabilities, collaborative educational services were typically provided in _____.

self-contained classes

_____ barriers emerge when a collaboration in some way conflicts with the way things are done. Multiple choice question.

Conceptual

Friend and Cook defined as a style for direct interaction between at least two coequal parties voluntarily engaged in shared decision making as they work toward a common goal.

Interpersonal Collaboration

Identify a true statement about the alternative teaching model of co-teaching.

It involves each co-teacher teaching a separate heterogeneous group of students.

Identify a scenario that best illustrates volunteering as a concept of collaboration.

James is concerned about an issue and wants to contribute his knowledge and skills to the issue.

- is a specific method of involving students in individualized education programs (IEPs) that places a student and his or her family at the center of team planning.

Person Centered Planning

_____ tend to emerge due to disproportionate skills in, and experience with, collaboration.

Professional barriers

Identify an accurate statement about community building in today's schools.

Professional learning communities are established to further collaboration among teachers and administrators.

Identify a true statement about collaborative work.

There is less potential for conflict if a work is divided equally among parties involved.

Identify a true statement about professional barriers to collaboration.

These barriers emerge due to different philosophies among teachers.

Identify a true statement about professional barriers to collaboration. Multiple choice question. These

These barriers emerge due to different philosophies among teachers.

_____ tend to emerge when teachers and administrators express anxiety over working collaboratively.

Attitudinal barriers

Parity exists in all collaborative situations.

False

Which of the following models of co-teaching involves co-teachers that take equal responsibility for all aspects of a classroom?

Teaming

In the context of special education, identify the procedures suggested by Westling and Fox (2009) and Crudden (2012) that enable teams to collaborate more effectively for planning and programming for transition of a student who requires special education to adult living. (Check all that apply.)

1. Identifying personnel who will be on the team 2. Scheduling meetings at convenient times including follow-up meetings

Interagency agreements enable agencies with competing interests to _____.

collaborate and function more effectively

The one teach, one observe model of co-teaching students with learning disabilities involves _____.

less collaboration between the co-teachers than other models

Katie is a teacher who is concerned about the performance of her students. She decides to meet their parents after school in order to find a solution. In the context of collaboration, this scenario exemplifies _____.

sharing resources

Ben and Rachel are teachers who plan and deliver instruction to eighth grade students. They together make changes in the instructional format if the instruction does not prove to be fruitful for the students. In the context of collaboration, this is an example of _____.

sharing responsibility

An accurate statement about attitudinal barriers to collaboration is that they _____.

tend to make adults cautious about team or joint ventures and projects

An accurate statement about attitudinal barriers to collaboration is that they _____. Multiple choice question.

tend to make adults cautious about team or joint ventures and projects

The "awareness, attendance, and basic participation" level of parent and family participation involves _____.

the familiarization of family members with school and community programs

Gavin is concerned about the collaborative efforts in educational services, and he wants to contribute his knowledge and skills to the issues being addressed. In the context of collaboration, this is an example of _____.

volunteering

Which of the following are necessary in collaboration with regard to sharing decision making? (Check all that apply.)

1. Each party must be willing to compromise as needed. 2. Each party must accept any group decision. 3. Each party must abide by decisions arrived at through a fair and collaborative effort.

Identify the causes behind conflicts that arise with parents of children with learning disabilities. (Check all that apply.)

1. Parents tend to be afraid of the implications of a diagnosis of disability in their children. 2. Parents tend to be hurt by comments about their children that are negative.

Identify the suggestions that were made by Laskey and Karge for involving language minority parents of students with learning disabilities in schools. (Check all that apply.)

1. Provide parent liaisons/advisors. 2. Use community resources to build rapport and involvement. 3. Offer English language classes for family members.

Person-centered planning (PCP) allows professionals to _____.

better focus on the student and thereby encourage student participation

Identify the key components of collaboration. (Check all that apply.)

1. Parties share responsibility. 2. Parties collaborate as equal partners. 3. Parties share resources. 4. Two or more parties work together.

To promote a collaborative context for the development of students with disabilities, each team member should _____.

have a positive attitude toward change

Co-teaching has received increased attention because _____.

inclusive models of education have stressed maintaining students with disabilities in the general education classroom

The best and most inclusive collaborative program for children can be provided by _____.

involving participants in delivery of information and teaching skills

School administrators as facilitators in collaboration are expected to _____.

maintain a positive atmosphere and cohesiveness within a team

According to Westling and Fox (2009) and Crudden (2012), which of the following should be identified to enable teams to collaborate more effectively for planning and programming for transition of a student with disabilities to adult living? (Check all that apply.)

1. Service agencies that will provide services and ensure their attendance 2. Skills needed by the student and how they benefit him or her

Why is sharing responsibility an important part of collaboration? (Check all that apply.)

1. Sharing responsibility means each party is willing to be held accountable for the effort they made, good or bad. 2. Sharing responsibility verifies that each party assumes a stake by working toward the goals of a process.

Identify the basic rules for effective communication between teachers and families as suggested by Seligman. (Check all that apply.)

1. Teachers should assume a relaxed and natural posture. 2. Teachers should maintain varying eye contact at an appropriate level. 3. Teachers should make comments to family members that follow from what the family members have been saying.

Which of the following are the transition services identified by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that promote transition of students with disabilities from school to adult activities? (Check all that apply.)

1. Vocational training 2. Employment

Identify a true statement about the "ongoing communication, information sharing, and basic program involvement" level of parent and family participation as identified by Fiedler et al.

At this level, family members and professionals are engaged in a free-flowing exchange of information and ideas.

Identify a true statement about the "ongoing communication, information sharing, and basic program involvement" level of parent and family participation as identified by Fiedler et al. Multiple choice question.

At this level, family members and professionals are engaged in a free-flowing exchange of information and ideas.

Which of the following is the level of parent and family participation at which family members tend to assume greater advocacy roles that involve other parents and children

Collaboration and partnership participation

Which of the following is the level of parent and family participation at which family members tend to assume greater advocacy roles that involve other parents and children?

Collaboration and partnership participation

Which of the following is the level of parent and family participation at which family members tend to assume greater advocacy roles that involve other parents and children? Multiple choice question.

Collaboration and partnership participation

Identify an accurate statement about collaboration in an educational setting.

Collaboration can be informal and spontaneous.

Which of the following is true about collaboration in educational settings?

Collaboration is typically conceived as a planned, thoughtful, and formalized process.

Identify an accurate statement about collaborative practices in early childhood of students with disabilities. Multiple choice question.

Early intervention and preschool programs can reduce the need for special education by school age.

Future teachers for students with learning disabilities should recognize that collaboration is a one-dimensional process. True false question.

False

According to Ryndak and Pullen, which of the following concepts results in effective collaboration for students with disabilities?

Team accomplishments are accepted by the team as a whole.

Which of the following models of co-teaching involves co-teachers that take equal responsibility for all aspects of a classroom? Multiple choice question.

Teaming

Identify a problem with the service delivery model in which special education teachers worked in consultation with general education teachers in the 1970s. Multiple choice question.

Tendency of a special education teacher to prescribe interventions for a general education teacher

Which of the following is true about professional learning communities in an educational setting?

These communities are often focused on using student outcomes data to plan instruction.

Identify a true statement about related services that are used to teach students with disabilities.

These services are delivered in a general education setting.

Which of the following is a true statement about related services personnel involved in collaboration to teach students with disabilities?

They are necessary for the students to receive an appropriate education.

Identify a true statement about paraprofessionals that contribute to collaborative teaching to students with learning disabilities. Multiple choice question.

They are, sometimes, responsible for delivering a significant portion of a student's instruction.

Identify an accurate statement about interagency agreements that tend to promote the collaboration efforts of an individualized education program (IEP) team. Multiple choice question.

They can be at local or state levels.

What should administration and teachers do to enhance student involvement in developing their own individualized education programs (IEPs)?

They should ensure ongoing collaboration with students' families through progress reports.

According to research on collaboration, teachers who are involved in collaborative efforts for students with learning disabilities report _____.

better attention to students' needs

To be effective leaders, Villa, Thousand, and Nevin suggested that administrators in collaborative teams for students with learning disabilities must believe that _____.

all students have a right to be educated with their peers

According to Staples and Diliberto, teachers can enhance parent involvement in school activities by _____.

building rapport with them

According to Martin, good _____ are critical in avoiding and resolving conflicts when they arise with parents of children with learning disabilities.

communication skills

According to Martin, good _____ are critical in avoiding and resolving conflicts when they arise with parents of children with learning disabilities. Multiple choice question.

communication skills