Melaville, Blank, and Asayesh (1993) describe the process of collaboration:
"Partners interested in integrating services must develop a process of change powerful enough to overcome multiple layers of resistance--in attitudes, relationships, and policies--within and across service provider institutions, among consumers, and throughout the community....The challenge is to develop a process of working together that is flexible enough to allow adjustments to new circumstances, while staying focused on long-term goals....A picture of this process looks much more like a spiral than a line....Collaboratives will often find themselves repeating milestones and stages as new people are engaged and as the group continues to clarify its purpose and intent." (p. 19).
In Collaborating to Support Students, attributes of successful programs are described along with strategies for achieving success.
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