Interdisciplinary collaboration is critical to address the multiple and varied needs of students with social/emotional and behavioral (SEB) challenges. Yet little is known about the nature of collaboration between two specialist groups who commonly support them: behavior analysts and mental health specialists. Considering expectations for collaboration, and the potential challenges unique to this partnership, we conducted a series of interviews to explore these specialists’ experiences and perspectives around collaboration. We used a qualitative description approach, which led to identifying themes related to (a) specialists’ preparation to collaborate, (b) facilitators and barriers to effective collaboration, and (c) supports needed to collaborate more effectively in their current roles. Specialists from both groups felt their pre-service training inadequately prepared them to collaborate with one another. They identified several factors that impacted their ability to meaningfully collaborate and expressed needs for cross-discipline education, collaborative conversations, and training on “soft skills” to partner more effectively. We highlight distinct and overlapping perspectives within and across themes between behavior analysts and mental health specialists and discuss implications for improving the quality of these important partnerships.

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行为分析师和心理健康专家对合作支持有强化干预需求的学生的看法

跨学科合作对于满足面临社交/情感和行为 (SEB) 挑战的学生的多种需求至关重要。然而，人们对通常支持他们的两个专家群体（行为分析师和心理健康专家）之间的合作性质知之甚少。考虑到对合作的期望以及这种伙伴关系特有的潜在挑战，我们进行了一系列采访，以探讨这些专家关于合作的经验和观点。我们使用了定性描述方法，从而确定了与以下主题相关的主题：(a) 专家的合作准备；(b) 有效合作的促进因素和障碍；(c) 在当前角色中更有效地合作所需的支持。两组专家都认为他们的岗前培训不足以让他们做好相互合作的准备。他们确定了影响有意义协作能力的几个因素，并表达了对跨学科教育、协作对话和“软技能”培训的需求，以更有效地合作。我们强调行为分析师和心理健康专家之间主题内和跨主题的独特和重叠的观点，并讨论对提高这些重要伙伴关系质量的影响。