Abstract Given the significant character that collaboration plays in special education. Given the significant character that collaboration plays in special education, educators must examine the mould of collaboration they adopt when establishing and sustaining relationships with diverse families. A "one size fits all" design of collaboration embodied by the increasingly favored "teaming model" is not culturally responsive and does not support a family center approach to establishing meaningful collaborative relationships. The conception of cultural reciprocity is revisited within a framework of collaborative practices with diverse families. "The switch from consultation to collaboration came when the part of the special educator evolv from that of the quick to one of a Want to read the whole article? You can purchase it here. It's quick and easy.... |
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