ABSTRACT
As interest in interprofessional practice grows, there is increasing recognition that this mode of service to families and children requires new forms of training, both for candidates first entering human service professions and on a continuing basis throughout their professional lives. Because the university is a central player in the preparation of human service professionals, the challenge lies squarely before it to devise and sustain preparation programs that will instill the skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed to guide collaborative interprofessional work. Please note that we use the term ‘university’ generically to include all institutions which prepare teachers, social workers, public or mental health workers, nurses, and other service professionals-not just the larger institutions occupying the first two categories of the Carnegie classification.
