The Importance of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Field of Special Education in Greece

The issue of the cooperation of all experts in the field of education is a very important element that significantly affects the effectiveness of the educational project. Although for many it is taken for granted, it is not at all easy to realize. The purpose of this paper is to highlight how teachers, including social workers, who work in special education structures in Greece perceive this issue. To elicit the discourse of specialized professionals, ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with teachers, social workers, and psychologists in the context of qualitative research and thematic content analysis. The results highlight useful information related to what is happening today in the field of education. They focus on the experiences of the professionals themselves on the one hand with each other, on the other with the parents, and the supportive environment of the students. The results yield very valuable information about how professionals try to achieve what is called integrated intervention. Uniquely, the difficulties of professional everyday life are captured and at the same time, an attempt is made to highlight ways of effective management of cooperation problems.