Interagency Collaboration

Summary

Interagency collaboration has been described in various ways as service coordination, service integration, and community-wide agency cooperation. Regardless of how it is described, interagency collaboration has as its overall goal improving services through better planning and coordination. Several impediments exist which reduce the effectiveness of interagency collaboration. A number of recommendations are made to enhance interagency collaboration, thereby increasing successful inclusive education for many special needs students.

Key Words:

• Interagency collaboration
• inclusion
• system of care
• consultation