Bailey is a graduate student in clinical psychology. As part of her training, Bailey works with children and families affected b
y autism. Each week, Bailey participates in a team meeting that consists of a school psychologist, social worker, speech and language therapist, and nursing students. The group discusses the various families with whom they work, as well as progress with individual clients. This example illustrates the importance of a ______ approach to understanding how people grow, think, and interact with their world.
Bailey is a graduate student in clinical psychology. As part of her training, Bailey works with children and families affected by autism. Each week, Bailey participates in a team meeting that consists of a school psychologist, social worker, speech and language therapist, and nursing students. The group discusses the various families with whom they work, as well as progress with individual clients. This example illustrates the importance of a <u>multidisciplinary</u> approach to understanding how people grow, think, and interact with their world. A multidisciplinary approach to understanding how people grow, think, and interact with their world involves the coming together of experts in various discipline to bring about diverse viewpoints to explain the topic on ground and the advantage of this is the richness of information available regarding the situation as experts bring to the fore their expert and experiential viewpoint regarding the issue or topic of discuss and there is also increased creativity with dealing with problems when multidisciplinary approach is employed.
