Conjoint Behavioral Consultation: Promoting Family-School Connections and Interventions

Authored by Susan M. Sheridan. This is the 2nd Edition, published by Springer on August 10, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0387712482.

Conjoint behavioral consultation (CBC) strengthens collaboration between children’s most critical learning environments – school and home – for improved academic, behavioral, and social-emotional skills. The reader-friendly 2nd edition of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation: Promoting Family-School Connections and Interventions offers innovative applications of CBC as an ecological, evidence-based approach. In this edition, the author combines best practices in consultation and problem-solving for interventions that promote and support children’s potential, teachers’ educational mission, and family members’ unique strengths.

Important features in this edition include:

• A step-by-step framework for developing and maintaining family/school partnerships takes readers from initial interviews through plan evaluation.
• Chapters include discussion on core interpersonal skills, including building trust, managing conflict, and communicating effectively.
• Practical strategies illustrate working with diverse families and school personnel, improving family competence, promoting joint responsibility, and achieving other collaborative goals.
• Case studies demonstrate CBC as implemented in traditional school, Head Start, pediatric health, and response-to-intervention (RtI) contexts.
• In-depth research review explains the efficacy of CBC.