The article presented here introduces the Intervention Model for Affective Involvement (IMAI), which was designed to train staff members (for example, teachers, caregivers, support workers) to foster affective involvement during interaction and communication with persons who have congenital deaf-blindness. The model is theoretically underpinned,…

This integrative literature review examines research studies that describe the care of the student with type 1 diabetes at school and interventions to improve care. Participants of the studies include school nurses, counselors, staff, administrators, parents, and students with diabetes. The studies reviewed use a descriptive approach in examining…

Compiled in response to California legislation excluding confidential employees (staff whose jobs involve access to information regarding employer-employee relations) from collective bargaining units and authorizing districts to expand their management teams to include confidential employees, this handbook defines the role of the confidential…