Collaborative Teams for Students with Severe Disabilities Integrating Therapy and Educational Services

Occupational therapy and school‐to‐work transition: A preventive education model

“…Finally, occupational therapists need to work cooperatively with other school staff to provide a coordinated program for individual students (Rainforth, York & Macdonald, 1992). For example, the student's therapist and teacher can cooperatively identify transition-related objectives and coordinate services that help students achieve these objectives at different grade levels (Powell, 1986).…”

Dimensions of Family and Professional Partnerships: Constructive Guidelines for Collaboration

“…In spite of legislation and the desires of parents and professionals, development of collaborative partnerships is too often unsuccessful (e.g., Rainforth, York, & Macdonald , 1992;Salembier & Furney, 1998). In early intervention, where family-centered services have been recommended practice for more than 3 decades, its general implementation remains elusive (Bruder, 2000).…”

A Strategy for Embedding Functional Motor and Early Numeracy Skill Instruction into Physical Education Activities

“…To effectively serve the needs of this population, educational teams often use a transdisciplinary team approach that promotes sharing of discipline-specific expertise among team members and the integration of therapy into naturally occurring activities and routines (Rainforth & York-Barr, 1997). Using this approach, team members can collaborate to plan activities that embed both early numeracy and functional motor skills during P.E.…”