Every Teacher's Guide to Working With ParentsTransform teacher-parent relationships into a strategy for children's success! While most parents strive to support their children with the best parenting practices, both teachers and parents often find themselves struggling to reconcile conflicts that can result in hostility, defensiveness, and communication breakdowns. In addition, negative public constructions of parents perpetuate this dilemma, particularly for those parents who are already marginalized through poverty or language barriers. Working from research in three key areas-parent development and skills, social and historical family influences, and parent-school relationships-educator (and parent) Gwen L. Rudney offers teachers: Useful interpretations of parent beliefs and actions Compelling insight into what parents expect from teachers Key ideas that characterize the struggles that parents face while raising children Practical strategies designed to lead to community, trust-building, collaboration, gratitude, and friendship with parents Straightforward chapters offer teachers everything from theory to commonsense strategies for working with parents to improve life and learning for all children. |
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... consider to be “ just right . " They can be distinctly supportive while expecting their children to behave . In their attention to the children , they provide clear and careful explanations so that the children can understand ...
... consider to be “ just right . " They can be distinctly supportive while expecting their children to behave . In their attention to the children , they provide clear and careful explanations so that the children can understand ...
Page 11
... Consider , for example , a family whose members almost never spend time together versus families who spend almost all their time together , exclud- ing nearly every outside relationship and interest . That's a big example . Parents need ...
... Consider , for example , a family whose members almost never spend time together versus families who spend almost all their time together , exclud- ing nearly every outside relationship and interest . That's a big example . Parents need ...
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... consider the ideas presented in the section " Coping With Difficult Parents ... or Parents With Difficulties , " presented later in this chapter ( see p . 52 ) . In most instances , teachers need to be patient . Their rela- tionship ...
... consider the ideas presented in the section " Coping With Difficult Parents ... or Parents With Difficulties , " presented later in this chapter ( see p . 52 ) . In most instances , teachers need to be patient . Their rela- tionship ...
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