Collaboration is a style of direct interaction between at least two co-equal parties that are voluntarily engaged in shared decision making working toward a common goal.
--voluntary, parity, mutual goals, shared responsibility, shared decision making, shared resources, shared accountability for outcomes

Emergent Characteristics of Collaboration

1. Value of interpersonal style
2. Development of TRUST
3. Sense of Community

Dilemmas of Collaboration

-School structure, professional socialization, pragmatic (practical) issues

...Contemporary Context

-Societal trends, school collaboration (RtI, School-University Partnerships, Peer Collaboration), Special Ed Collaboration

SPED IDEA Collaboration

-Assessment process, IEP teams, LRE, Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements, Transition, Paraprofessionals

Collaboration includes sharing resources such as time, knowledge, availability, other resources, paraprofessionals, technologies, and strategies.

Collaboration does not happen by coercion.

ABC Observation
1. Identify a Target Behavior... that you know you can change
What is a behavior?
1. Actions or Events
2. Can be seen (observed), counted (measured), and repeated.

Developing a BIP/BSP
The teacher identifies the problem behavior and screens for it. If the behavior terminates, all is well in Zion. If not, the teacher proceeds to conduct a functional assessment which leads to the development of a behavior support plan.

Fun facts for you:

• Any type of reinforcement causes the behavior to increase.
• "Daydreaming" can be described by being "passively off-task."
• ABC analysis stands for Antecedent Stimulus, Behavioral Response, Consequence Stimulus
• Special Ed Rocks!!

I updated my profile and added a picture so everyone can see me now. I have decided to take the lovely advice of an experienced blogger and update this practically every day. She puts all of the information she learned in her classes that day on her blog. What an ingenious way to cut down on organization of notes when tests come along! So here goes...

Personal Learning Environment!

This blog will contain all of my work for IP&T 287 this semester. Hopefully this will be a great way to share the info I learn about how to use technology in the classroom. I'll be posting assignments, projects, and suggestions as I learn in the next couple of months. Enjoy!