This Study Guide provides a variety of thought-provoking questions and activities to help you implement the concepts in the bestselling book, Dealing with Difficult Parents, 2nd Edition. For each chapter of the book, the Study Guide offers discussion questions, journal prompts, and group activities. You can work on these sections independently, in book studies, in professional learning communities (PLCs), in mentor sessions, and in professional development sessions. As you work through this Study Guide, you’ll learn how to make the book’s strategies work for you, so that you can more effectively deal with parents in all kinds of challenging situations and help them get on your side to ensure students’ success.
In this updated second edition of the bestselling Dealing with Difficult Parents, award-winning educators Todd Whitaker and Douglas J. Fiore help you develop a repertoire of tools and skills for comfortable and effective interaction with ...
In Dealing with Difficult Parents (Whitaker, 2002), there is a great deal of information on the factors that affect today«s parents and cause such a ...
Move beyond conflict to true collaboration with difficult parents of children with special needs by understanding their perspectives and using appropriate methods to address their concerns!
Filled with practical tips for handling contentious behaviors and sample dialogues for some of the most troubling situations, this book addresses many hard issues, including: How to tell your parent he or she cannot live with you.
Teachers, principals, school administrators, even school support staff know that it "takes a village to educate a child".
Establish cooperative relationships with all parents—even the most difficult ones—by using the author's proven communication strategies, supported by sample forms, letters, scenarios, and vignettes.
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This book is an easy-to-read and practical guide that is designed to help you improve your relationships with difficult parents.
Difficult parents can be broken down into two subtypes and this book examines the similarities, differences and motivations of each in turn.
Written by an experienced educator and mentor Allison Caudill, this book provides essential tips and tools to effectively communicate with difficult parents.