Language and Discourse in Special Education: Understanding Ethnographic Interdisciplinary Team Culture

ISBN-13: 9783319356839 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 142 str.

Iris Manor-Binyamini

Opis

The book examines the organizational, social, professional, and emotional experiences of team members from such disciplines as child and school psychology, special education, therapy (e.g., occupational, speech), social work, and pediatric medicine within a special education school.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Multidisciplinary Teams in Special Education Schools: Their Language and Discourse.- Chapter 3. An Ethnographic Case Study.- Chapter 4. Words Relating to the Work Done with Students.- Chapter 5. Words Relating to Teamwork.- Chapter 6. Discourse Events in the Multidisciplinary Team.- Chapter 7. Discourse Events in the Administrative Team.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

O autorze

Iris Manor-Binyamini, Ph.D., is a lecturer and a senior faculty member of the Department of Special Education at the University of Haifa in Israel. Her academic interests include special education in the Bedouin community in Israel, inter- and intra-community comparisons of the coping styles and strategies used by parents and siblings of adults with various disabilities and from different minority communities in Israel, and the collaboration within multidisciplinary teams in special education schools as well as the collaboration between these teams and the parents of children with disabilities.

Blurb

Interdisciplinary teamwork has significantly improved the education of children with special needs. Because the students' needs are complex, the responses of the diverse professionals working together to provide services must be equally multifaceted.

 

Language and Discourse in Special Education analyzes how interdisciplinary teams work in school settings, specifically how members convey their knowledge in collaboration with others. Results from an in-depth study conducted in a school for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities illustrate the evolution of team culture, from establishing a common language to sharing information to solving day-to-day problems. The book details how educators, therapists, and doctors integrate concepts from their distinct fields and apply this shared knowledge in dealing with students, the administration, and one another. These observations support theoretical models of how teams can most effectively address student needs and identify optimal conditions for meaningful collaboration.

 

Featured areas of coverage include:

 

• The importance of interdisciplinary teamwork in special education
• Methods used in analyzing language and discourse
• Key words relating to the team's work with the students
• Discourse events within the team and with the administration
• A practical model for interdisciplinary teamwork

 

Language and Discourse in Special Education is an essential reference for researchers, professionals, and graduate students working with special needs students in child and school psychology, behavioral therapy (e.g., occupational, psychical, speech), social work, pediatric medicine, and allied mental health and medical fields.