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Dennis-Small, Lucretia – 1987
This document reports on the 2-year Interagency Child Abuse Network (ICAN) Project which was funded by the Texas Department of Human Services to provide a model through which agencies (police, courts, and others) could develop a team approach to handling child abuse cases. Chapter 1 reviews the background and origin of the project. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Cooperative Planning, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Qualls, Sara Honn; Czirr, Ruth – Gerontologist, 1988
Examines geriatric health teams, discussing four dimensions of models for professional functioning (logic of assessment, focus of efforts, locus of responsibility, and pace of action) and three dimensions of models for team functioning (focus of attention, decision-making style, and beliefs about interprofessional dependence). (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Classification, Geriatrics, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Hawkins, R. – European Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 1997
The experience of the International Centre for Research in Agriculture shows that successful interdisciplinary research requires (1) appreciation of systems concepts; (2) common understanding of goals and objectives; and (3) effective communication and management procedures. (SK)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Drinka, Theresa J. K.; Streim, Joel E. – Gerontologist, 1994
Notes that practice of geriatrics frequently involves interdisciplinary team and that behavior of team members exists on functional continuum, from adaptive to maladaptive. Sees danger of team members with maladaptive behavior, and persons colluding with this behavior, negatively influencing care. Categorizes common maladaptive behavior patterns…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Employees, Geriatrics, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Kyman, Wendy; And Others – Adolescence, 1987
Addresses the need for comprehensive health care services directed toward adolescents, outlining a multidisciplinary team program designed to provide such services. Discusses the national problem of teenage pregnancy and the multidisciplinary team's success with family planning counseling. Strongly encourages the development of more school- or…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Clinics, Counseling, Family Planning
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Fairchild, Thomas N. – School Counselor, 1985
Discusses the counselor's role in the development of individualized education programs which consider the nonacademic and affective needs of children. Presents examples of long-term goals suggested by a counselor to supplement special education services. (JAC)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Counselor Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs
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Greaves, Gaye; Hill, Gaye – Educational Gerontology, 1997
An interdisciplinary team developed an undergraduate course to teach geriatrics students about ethnicity, health, and aging. Two important aspects of such a course were identified: the dynamics of team learning and multicultural education. (SK)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cross Cultural Training, Curriculum Development, Ethnicity
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Sadler, Wendell C. – Physical Educator, 1993
Paper examines how physical education can contribute to and work proactively toward each of the six national education goals in America 2000: readiness to learn, national graduation rates, competency in five core subjects, world class achievement in science and mathematics, literacy, and a positive learning environment. (SM)
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gable, Robert A.; Manning, M. Lee – Clearing House, 1999
Discusses interdisciplinary team collaboration for teachers, including structuring a successful team meeting, the 10-step interdisciplinary problem-solving meeting, evaluation of team collaboration, and effective team communication. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Interpersonal Communication, Problem Solving
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Griffin, Harold C.; Fitch, Christine L.; Griffin, Linda W. – Infants and Young Children, 2002
Possible prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal causes of cerebral palsy are explored and a causal pathway theory is presented that provide a methodology to study the impact of the various causal factors. The role of an interdisciplinary team in assessment and program development is discussed and prevention strategies are presented. (Contains…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cerebral Palsy, Infants, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Spencer-Dobson, Candice A.; Schultz, Jerelyn B. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1987
The study determined the extent to which multidisciplinary teams that include vocational educators are utilized to provide services for mentally handicapped and learning disabled students. Questionnaires were completed by 222 principals or special education directors. Results indicate that vocational educators have limited involvement in the…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation
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Costantino, Cathy – Social Work, 1981
Explores factors behind the lack of effective services for battered women delivered by the social work and legal professions. Proposes a model of multidisciplinary intervention with four basic components: intake, social work intervention, legal intervention, and collaborative activities. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Battered Women, Civil Rights, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intervention
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Shalinsky, William – Small Group Behavior, 1989
This article examines polydisciplinary groups in the human services, identifying four types: multidisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, and interdisciplinary groups. Various problems in the use of these groups are then discussed, followed by an exploration of possible solutions. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Membership, Human Services, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Journal of College Science Teaching, 1997
Good teaching highlights underlying connections between creation and dissemination of knowledge. Analysis of successful biology departments for underlying themes in improving undergraduate education led to the following conclusions: the best kind of teaching is one-on-one; change must be firmly grounded at the departmental or programmatic level;…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Biology, College Science, Collegiality