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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... poverty may take the child's side as part of the actions necessary for sur- vival ( Pfarr , 2005 ) . All parents will benefit from the teacher's empathy , calmness , and patience . For a few parents , teachers may need to consider the ...
... poverty may take the child's side as part of the actions necessary for sur- vival ( Pfarr , 2005 ) . All parents will benefit from the teacher's empathy , calmness , and patience . For a few parents , teachers may need to consider the ...
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... poverty or chronic illness , may cause unrelenting pressure . Teachers can give professional help by understanding the problem , assuring the parents that their child will receive the help needed in school , and , if necessary , making ...
... poverty or chronic illness , may cause unrelenting pressure . Teachers can give professional help by understanding the problem , assuring the parents that their child will receive the help needed in school , and , if necessary , making ...
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... poverty , there are disproportionately high rates of some diseases , lower access to health care , and a greater likelihood that they will come to school with lower levels of preliteracy skills . More than half of high school seniors ...
... poverty , there are disproportionately high rates of some diseases , lower access to health care , and a greater likelihood that they will come to school with lower levels of preliteracy skills . More than half of high school seniors ...
Contents
So Whats the Problem? | 8 |
The Kids Have a Role | 14 |
Helping Parents Who Have Special Struggles | 23 |
Copyright | |
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