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The Journey to Common Ground: Family-Professional Collaboration in Special Education

“There are no short cuts to anywhere worth going.” Beverly Sills. The Journey to Common Ground: Family-Professional Collaboration in Special Education. The Family Journey. Referral Retreat Reflection Reconciliation Reframe Resolution Realization . The Educator Journey.

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The Journey to Common Ground: Family-Professional Collaboration in Special Education

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  1. “There are no short cuts to anywhere worth going.” Beverly Sills The Journey to Common Ground:Family-Professional Collaboration in Special Education

  2. The Family Journey • Referral • Retreat • Reflection • Reconciliation • Reframe • Resolution • Realization

  3. The Educator Journey • Pre-service Training • Purpose • Practice • Praxis • Partnership • Perseverance • Perspective

  4. Building a Bridge to Understanding: The Cornerstones of Special Education Partnership Trust 1. Open Communication 2. Family Prioritization 3. Children First Values 4. Co-envisioned models of inclusion

  5. Ending the Tyranny of Typical • Discarding delimiting categories of difference • There are no “typical children” • Universal Designs for Learning and Differentiated Instruction • Families, Students and Educators: the Inclusion Innovators

  6. Standing at the Crossroads, I took a blended path The Family Member-Educator In Us All

  7. Special education occurs when every collaborator shares their gifts with one another to ensure all children a quality education. When this occurs, all education is special.

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