Importantly, it also explains how to facilitate communication and collaboration among interdisciplinary teams in education—professionals who are legally required to work together yet have such different training and disciplinary expertise that they seem to “speak different languages."
Interdisciplinary Frameworks for Schools Best Professional Practices for Serving the Needs of All Students
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Summary
Importantly, it also explains how to facilitate communication and collaboration among interdisciplinary teams in education—professionals who are legally required to work together yet have such different training and disciplinary expertise that they seem to “speak different languages."
Author Biography
Her research experience includes serving as a principal investigator on research funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development on normal and disabled reading, writing, and oral language development (1989–2008), as well as principal investigator and director of the University of Washington Interdisciplinary Research Center (genetics, assessments, brain imaging, and instruction; 1995–2006, 2001–present).
Table of Contents
Preface
I. Basic Principles of Interdisciplinary Teamwork
- Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Frameworks
- Using the Interdisciplinary Frameworks in Practice
II. Developmental Stepping Stones in Assessment and Instruction
- Evidence-Based Use of Tests and Assessments in 21st-Century Education
- Linking Instruction and Assessment in Early Childhood
- Linking Instruction and Assessment in Middle Childhood
- Linking Instruction and Assessment in Adolescence
III. Interdisciplinary Frameworks for Understanding the Biological Bases of Development and Learning
- A Genetics Primer and Brain Primer for Interdisciplinary Frameworks
- Diagnosing Pervasive and Specific Developmental Disabilities and Talent
- Diagnosing Specific Learning Disabilities and Twice Exceptionality
- Neurogenetic Disorders
- Brain-Related Disorders and Other Health Conditions
IV. Interdisciplinary Frameworks for Understanding Environmental Bases of Development and Learning
- Racial, Cultural, Family, Linguistic, and Socioeconomic Diversity and the Story of Rose
V. Interdisciplinary Frameworks for Understanding Legal, Ethical, and Institutional Issues
- Perspectives of a Neuropsychologist Working in an Interdisciplinary Setting With Students With Learning Disabilities and Their Parents and Teachers
- Opportunities for Educators to Advocate for Students
- Child Custody Litigation and School Personnel Fostering Positive School–Family Relationships
Appendix A: Becoming a Critical Consumer of Interdisciplinary Research for Translating Research Into Practice
Appendix B: Honor Role Model List Representing Exemplary Practices by Members of Different Professions on Interdisciplinary Teams in Schools
Index
About the Author
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