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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Indeed , if children too carefully imitate the behavior of adults , they are likely to get into trouble . We need to understand that there is not a simple , unidirec- tional , cause - and - effect link between a particular parent behav- ...
Indeed , if children too carefully imitate the behavior of adults , they are likely to get into trouble . We need to understand that there is not a simple , unidirec- tional , cause - and - effect link between a particular parent behav- ...
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Whether or not they are parents in trouble or the parents of troubled children , these parents need teachers to understand and help . I have watched tension drain from the faces of parents when teachers , instead of showing detachment ...
Whether or not they are parents in trouble or the parents of troubled children , these parents need teachers to understand and help . I have watched tension drain from the faces of parents when teachers , instead of showing detachment ...
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By calmly and professionally responding to the initial confrontation or other sign of trouble , teachers can deter- mine the nature of the problem and help work toward a solu- tion . Box 2.4 offers a list of suggestions , organized by ...
By calmly and professionally responding to the initial confrontation or other sign of trouble , teachers can deter- mine the nature of the problem and help work toward a solu- tion . Box 2.4 offers a list of suggestions , organized by ...
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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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