As a young probation officer some 28 years ago I was convinced that my studies and life experience had prepared me to single-handedly improve the academic achievement of my clients, their relationships with their family and community, and their mental health and substance abuse issues.
It didn’t take long to realize that I didn’t have all the answers and that if I was going to be successful as a probation officer I needed to collaborate with many different entities. I learned, in time, that if I worked with other child advocates the outcomes for my clients and their families improved dramatically. What I have learned about the power of collaboration is now an everyday part of my work as the agency administrator.
[For more of this story, written by Robert A. Bermingham Jr., go to http://jjie.org/op-ed-collabor...e-every-time/108090/]
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