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Team Cooperation in Addressing ESL
– Lessons Learnt from Health
and Social Care and Education
Maša Vidmar and Nika Knez
Synopsis
The many lessons from health, social and education settings for
multi-professional teams dealing with ESL have been well re-
searched (e.g. team training, sufficient time, funding and resources).
Moreover, specifically for ESL teams, discussing how they approach
ESL prevention, their understanding of ESL as well as creating an ed-
ucational alliance are important. However, putting the recommen-
dations into practice remains a challenge.
Summary
The aim of the article is to review the literature on multi-professional
teams in health, social and education settings, including multi-pro-
fessional teams dealing with ESL – what are the conditions for them
to function successfully, and to identify any caveats. Based on the
lessons learnt from these settings, recommendations to ensure the
success (or continued success) of multi-professional teams working
in ESL are provided. The most noteworthy and overriding recom-
mendation is to ensure the provision of team training. This will help
address any ethical dilemmas that might arise from different profes-
sionals working together (e.g. the student’s privacy) as well as develop
respect for the potentially different professional and organisational
values seen among professionals. In the long run, inter-profession-
al education for professionals working in and around schools should
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Team Cooperation in Addressing ESL
– Lessons Learnt from Health
and Social Care and Education
Maša Vidmar and Nika Knez
Synopsis
The many lessons from health, social and education settings for
multi-professional teams dealing with ESL have been well re-
searched (e.g. team training, sufficient time, funding and resources).
Moreover, specifically for ESL teams, discussing how they approach
ESL prevention, their understanding of ESL as well as creating an ed-
ucational alliance are important. However, putting the recommen-
dations into practice remains a challenge.
Summary
The aim of the article is to review the literature on multi-professional
teams in health, social and education settings, including multi-pro-
fessional teams dealing with ESL – what are the conditions for them
to function successfully, and to identify any caveats. Based on the
lessons learnt from these settings, recommendations to ensure the
success (or continued success) of multi-professional teams working
in ESL are provided. The most noteworthy and overriding recom-
mendation is to ensure the provision of team training. This will help
address any ethical dilemmas that might arise from different profes-
sionals working together (e.g. the student’s privacy) as well as develop
respect for the potentially different professional and organisational
values seen among professionals. In the long run, inter-profession-
al education for professionals working in and around schools should
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