Commentary on Collaboration

Occupational Therapy Practice in Mainstream Schools: Results from an Online Survey in Switzerland

“…For optimal collaboration, the use of multiple means to communicate, both in person and at distance, may be needed. However, the high number of occupational therapists in this study collaborating with schools is of significance when considering the importance of collaborative practice for inclusive education and for successful contribution of occupational therapy in schools (e.g., [5, 13, 41, 42]).…”

Enhancing classroom participation of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities

“…Collaborative consultation is one of the forms of the consultation model (Hanft & Swinth, 2011). It is usually a multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary interactive process between two or more team members who collaborate with the purpose of achieving specific objectives (Kennedy & Stewart, 2011).…”

“…It is usually a multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary interactive process between two or more team members who collaborate with the purpose of achieving specific objectives (Kennedy & Stewart, 2011). The following are principles underlying the collaborative consultation model: (a) The team members participate of their own free will; (b) they share their knowledge and experience equally with other team members, (c) the team members jointly set the intervention goals and develop a program for individual students or the entire class, and (d) they share the responsibility for intervention outcomes (Hanft & Swinth, 2011). The collaborative consultation model has been found to be more effective than the traditional direct intervention model in increasing attainment of students’ individual educational goals among preschool and elementary school students with different types of diagnoses (for a review, see Villeneuve, 2009).…”

Inter-Professional Role Perception and Communication of Preservice Students and Therapists in Schools and Early Intervention

“…Research supports the use of collaboration as an effective strategy for school-based practice (Bayona, McDougall, Tucker, Nichols, & Mandich, 2006;Bose & Hinojosa, 2008;Dreiling & Bundy, 2003;Hanft & Swinth, 2011). Although the majority of this collaboration may occur with teachers, therapists across disciplines must also collaborate with one another to provide appropriate recommendations in the classroom and other school environments.…”