Table 1 Levels of Co-teacher Collaboration and Their Application in Emotional and Behavioral Support

Level of Cooperation Key Characteristics Aspects of Emotional and Behavioral Support in Inclusive Classrooms
Level 1: Simple Information Exchange Loose linkage, one-way sharing of materials and information Special education teachers pass disability diagnostic documents or simple behavior histories to general education teachers
Level 2: Mechanical Division of Labor Division of roles, independent execution in respective domains General education teachers conduct class instruction, while at-risk students are pull-out and mediated separately in the special education classroom (resource room).
Level 3: Co-constructive Collaboration Shared goals, knowledge fusion, mutual reflection and implementation General and special education teachers form a team to co-design classroom rules and cross-validate intervention data in real time