Deaf Education Case Study

In order to appropriately meet the needs of their students, deaf educators are required to collaborate with other school professionals. However, the call to collaborate with multiple professionals is not unique to the field of deaf education. As a result, strategies aimed at increasing collaboration among professionals may be identified in other fields than deaf education. The scope of the present literature review examined collaboration strategies from the fields of business, education, and health care to apply to deaf education. While differences can be appreciated in the three aforementioned fields, several trends exist between the collaborative strategies utilized within each field. Through the application of these similarities, the collaborative efforts that are required of deaf educators may be strengthened. One prominent trend that exists is that involved professionals should dedicate themselves to actively collaborating with relevant professionals. This may be accomplished when those professionals recognize how

For instance, all team interactions should focus on how to appropriately support the student in their needs. Thus, it is necessary that teams recognize that the student is a part of a family and that the student’s family plays an important role in the development of the student. As such, the involved professionals should strive to involve the family in team decisions and openly communicate with the student’s family. However, professionals should be mindful of how they present highly specialized information to the student’s family. In addition, professionals may become more unified in the delivery of their services because they are all focused on the student and his or her progress. Thus, collaboration increased when professionals are focused on the students they serve because they recognize the reason why they are collaborating: the