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It takes a team of professionals working together tsupport a childs emotional, physical, and academic development Effective Collaboration for Educating the Whole Child examines collaboration between educators tsuccessfully teach children with complex learning needs, both with and without identified disabilities This book for primary and secondary general and special education teachers, administrators, and student support specialists explores how tmake collaboration and coordination work, whtakes responsibility for the process, and why collaboration is central timproving outcomes for students considered at risk Focusing on coordinating across systems timprove education, the author: - Discusses the roles, responsibilities, and relationships between school professionals, community agencies, and service providers - Offers case examples in each chapter as windows intschools and classrooms - Emphasizes important developmental transitions from the primary years through secondary school and after - Presents personal reflections from parents, students, and professionals Developmentally responsive school environments depend on constructive relationships between the adults in a students life, making this a vital resource for anyone whinteracts with children