Assignment: Summarize Article

Directions: Use the Library website to find an article published within the last ten years (i.e., 2006-present) in the practitioner-oriented journal Teaching Exceptional Children. To do this, log on to the homepage of the library, click the "Journals" tab on the main search, and type in "teaching exceptional children." You will then be able to search within the journal. For this assignment you will have to find an article that focuses on collaborating with parents, related services, paraprofessionals, or co-teaching. Once you find the article: download it, read it, and answer the following questions. When you are finished, upload your answers to Blackboard.

Title of the article _________________________
Authors' names _________________________
Year published _________________________

1. Briefly (1 paragraph) summarize the topic of the article (e.g., what population did it target, what problems did it focus on, what strategies did it suggest).

2. Describe (2-3 paragraph) the strategies and/or interventions included in the articles. Tell me how they would be implemented and what research the authors cited to back them up.

3. Describe (2-3 paragraph) how you personally would incorporate these strategies into a classroom. First tell me what your idea classroom would look like (e.g., self-contained high school classroom for 6-8 student with severe disabilities), and then describe how you could apply what you read about.

Article: Elements for Successful Parent-Professional Collaboration: The Fundamental Things Apply As Time Goes By Patricia H. Sheehey and Patrick E. Sheehey.