Course Description
Problems in interprofessional communication among school psychologists, teachers, and parents. Social influence processes among these communicators are also discussed.
Athena Title
CONSULT IN EDUC
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Increased understading of the history of service delivery in schools for exceptional children 2. Increased understanding of the place of inter-professional and parental consultation in the history of service delivery 3. Increased ability to distinguish the stages of consultation 4. Increased skill in diagnosis of problems types brought by consultees 5. Increased knowledge of theories of consultation change mechanisms 6. Increased knowledge of characteristics of successful change agents 7. Increased knowledge of organizational change processes
Topical Outline
1. Introduction: Definitions and history 2. Stages of consultation 3. A typology of problems brought to consultants 4. Process theories of consultation a. The influence model b. The problem solving model c. The collaboration model d. Ecobehavioral consultation 5. Specific techniques a. Behavioral feedback b. Attributional analysis c. Support 6. Characteristics of sucessful consultants 7. Organizational change processes 1. Organizational characteristics model 2. Conflict model 3. Innovations model 8. The state of research in consultation
Syllabus