Research and identify benefits and barriers of the following collaboration characteristics:

Voluntary Nature

Parity Among Participants

Mutual Goals

Shared Responsibility for Decision Making

Shared Resources

Shared Accountability for Outcomes

In addition, for each collaboration characteristic, identify and describe a concrete collaborative activity that could take place between general education and special education teachers. Present your findings in the "Collaboration Matrix" template.

Support your matrix with a minimum of three scholarly resources.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines.