Download or read book Increasing Competence Through Collaborative Problem-Solving written by Gerda Hanko and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. This book is about the use of a specific collaborative problem-solving approach as part of a Continuing Professional Development policy. Collaborative staff development programmes - now envisaged in a DofE (1998) Programme of Action - can assist teachers in responding more appropriately, as an integral part of their daily professional task, to the learning needs of pupils with emotional and behavioural problems.