Consultation/Collaboration Model

Stevenson’s Special Education Consultation/Collaboration Model is designed to meet the needs of special education students within the regular education environment. Stevenson faculty members utilize a consultative/collaborative model, which facilitates the exchange of information and supportive services for all mainstream courses. Generally, weekly contact is made with the mainstream teacher who maintains the primary responsibility for curricular and disciplinary issues.

Special education staff members:

• Act as liaisons between mainstream teachers and case managers
• Provide mainstream teachers with background information regarding the needs of individual students
• Identify and explain required accommodations
• Help students organize materials to meet curriculum goals
• Read tests/exams to students when necessary
• Provide teachers with suggestions for preparing instructional materials and methods, as well as strategies for accommodating students in the regular classroom
• Provide direct assistance to students in the resource room and, possibly, in the classroom upon teacher's request
• Teach instructional classes, as appropriate