COLLABORATION
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- Promotes a relationship in which the family members and professionals
work together to ensure the best services for the child and family.
- Recognizes and respects the knowledge, skills, and experience
that families and professionals bring to the relationship.
- Acknowledges that the development of trust is an integral part
of a collaborative relationship.
- Facilitates open communication so that families and professionals
feel free to express themselves.
- Creates an atmosphere in which the cultural traditions, values,
and diversity of families are acknowledged and honored.
- Recognizes that negotiation is essential.
- Brings to the relationship the mutual commitment of families,
professionals, and communities to meet the needs of children with
special needs and their families.
*From Family/Professional Collaboration for Children
with Special Health Needs and Their Families, Kathleen Kirk Bishop.
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