This book helps teachers, principals, superintendents, and all educators develop a repertoire of tools and skills for comfortable and effective interaction with parents. It shows you how to deal with the parent who is bossy, volatile, argumentative, aggressive, or maybe the worst - apathetic. It provides specific phrases to use with parents to help you avoid using "trigger" words which unintentionally make matters worse. It will show you how to deliver bad news to good parents, how to build positive credibility to all types of parents, and how to foster the kind of parent involvement which leads to student success.
Other Eye On Education Books Available from Routledge (www.routledge.com/eyeoneducation) Dealing with Difficult Parents, 2nd Edition Todd Whitaker and Douglas J. Fiore A School Leader's Guide to Dealing with Difficult Parents Todd ...
This may not even make sense at first glance, but one of my mantras as a principal was that I would rather deal with a teacher who is wrong rather than deal with a parent who is right. My mantra was not about an isolated situation.
Emphasizing ways to help create constructive conversation, this revised edition of How to Handle Difficult Parents is a must-have for teachers everywhere, both those just beginning and those already deep in the trenches.
Written by an experienced educator and mentor Allison Caudill, this book provides essential tips and tools to effectively communicate with difficult parents.
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Perhaps the most troublesome endeavor, significantly more shocking than having a root channel, is defying a difficult parent in your office.
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.
Carmen's father slips into the bathroom when she's showering so he can see her without clothes. sometimes he touches her sexually and comments on her body. Whenever she's having a bad day, Charles's mother tells him he'll never amount ...
Whether you're a teacher (normal or special education) or a coach, this book will provide you practical recommendations for what to say and how to say it to parents who criticize your lesson plans, dispute your disciplinary choices, or ...
This book offers helpful advice on what to say and how to say it to parents who contest your lesson plans, disagree with your disciplinary actions, or threaten to inform the principal on you, whether you're a teacher (normal or special ...