Collaborative Consultation for Participation Among Students With IDD

"The program was carried out by the school occupational therapist and homeroom teachers. The Co-PID had two phases. The first phase was a 1.5 hour in-service meeting that focused on the concept of Participation.~In the second phase of the Co-PID intervention, a collaborative consultation model was used. It included eight 45-minute consultation meetings, which took place every other week over a 3-months period. The meetings took place between the occupational therapist and each teacher, with the purpose of brainstorming; thinking of activities that the teacher could implement during the lessons for enhancing participation among the students."

IS group included three meetings, a 1.5 hour in-service meeting focusing on the concept of participation, and two more workshop meetings aimed at sharing teachers' experience.