| Abstract: | Multimodal consultation provides a problem-solving approach that recognizes and analyzes the components of multifaceted, multisubsystem referral problems. The approach, which is exemplified in the present article within the ecological perspective, consists of five parts: from the identification and analysis of maladaptive interactions that cause, support, or maintain a referral problem's environment to the evaluation of consultation interventions that target different aspects of the referral environment and are based on different consultation models. Multimodal consultation is primarily a conceptual model at this time; however, suggestions for empirical and heuristic research also are discussed. |
