Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-327) and index.
Contents
Why can't we just be friends? -- Background: making the case for collaboration -- Ingredients for successful collaboration: intrapersonal and interpersonal characteristics -- Evaluating your situation honestly: appraising your school as a context for collaboration -- Developing an effective collaboration strategy: half empty or half full? -- Designing a plan for change starting with you -- What now? What works and what doesn't when collaborating -- Evaluating the success of your plan: how can you tell? -- Self-encouragement: keeping yourself going -- Summing up the outcomes: what have you accomplished? -- Generalizing your plan to others: improved collaboration with parents and family members of your students -- Generalizing your plan to others: improved collaboration with members of your interdisciplinary team.