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Interdisciplinary Teams in Special Education Schools: Their Language and Discourse

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The first part of this chapter presents the rationale for and the importance of interdisciplinary teamwork in the context of a special education school. Based on the overview provided, the researcher offers a definition of interdisciplinary teamwork in special education schools. The second part of this chapter focuses on the importance of language and discourse in the work of interdisciplinary teams.

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  1. Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Iris Manor-Binyamini

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Manor-Binyamini, I. (2015). Interdisciplinary Teams in Special Education Schools: Their Language and Discourse. In: Language and Discourse in Special Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09024-5_1

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