Share your thoughts about our latest Clinicians in the Classroom feature in which David Perrodin, MSE, MS, CCC-SLP, discusses working with third party services in the schools. The article is available online in two parts. Part 1. Part 2.
Perrodin writes:
In public education everyone wants to feel they have contributed. The educational plan for a child with a disability is often a group project involving teachers and school specialists, parents and outside providers. Everyone is either assigned a section or allowed to cut their own slice, with all sections amalgamated at the end. Nevertheless, don't confuse collaboration and compromise. Collaboration with outside agencies needs to be managed with effective leadership, shared principles, common goals, policies, regulations and rules. It's not about throwing all the balls in the air and accepting where they fall.
School-based clinicinas, what are your thoughts on the points in Perrodin's article? What are some of the ways you work to address the issues he raises in your district?
Alyssa Banotai
Associate Editor/Web Editor
ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists