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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These single parents just don't .... Those poor kids . There's no mom at home . Try this : Most parents care a lot . Some have real struggles . If only it were easy . It really is difficult for parents to .
These single parents just don't .... Those poor kids . There's no mom at home . Try this : Most parents care a lot . Some have real struggles . If only it were easy . It really is difficult for parents to .
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Almost 60 % of children have both of their parents work- ing , and most single parents must work . Like the principal described previously , we may believe that the parents aren't spending enough time with their children .
Almost 60 % of children have both of their parents work- ing , and most single parents must work . Like the principal described previously , we may believe that the parents aren't spending enough time with their children .
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Single Parents Since 1990 , the number of households headed by single mothers has increased 25 % to more than 7.5 million households ( Kantrowitz & Wingert , 2001 ) . About 9 % of households in 1999 were run by single moms ...
Single Parents Since 1990 , the number of households headed by single mothers has increased 25 % to more than 7.5 million households ( Kantrowitz & Wingert , 2001 ) . About 9 % of households in 1999 were run by single moms ...
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Contents
So Whats the Problem? | 8 |
The Kids Have a Role | 14 |
Helping Parents Who Have Special Struggles | 23 |
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| Title | Every Teacher's Guide to Working With Parents |
| Author | Gwen L. Rudney |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2009 |
| ISBN | 1412917743, 9781412917742 |
| Length | 107 pages |
| Subjects | › › Education / General Education / Parent Participation Education / Special Education / General |
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