Outlines the "reflect, reframe, and review" discussion technique that day care directors and teachers can use to address conflicts with parents. Contends that center personnel should (1) listen to the parent with full attention and show understanding; (2) look at the problem from differing viewpoints to develop a solution; and (3) review…

Highlights collaborative practices from fields of family therapy and educational psychology to facilitate conferences on children's behavior problems between parents and child caregivers and teachers. Illustrates stages of collaborative conversations: establishing trust; inviting parents to collaborate; discovering and stating mutual goals;…

This paper offers six guidelines to facilitate parent-professional partnerships in neonatal intensive care units and early intervention settings. The guidelines emphasize the need to individualize practices to match parent needs; involve parents; support, trust, and respect parents; adopt a strengths-based perspective; understand parents' and…

A teacher needs to make a conscious effort to get parents involved in their child's education. To gain such parental involvement, the teacher must first establish open communication lines. After this, the teacher can encourage parents to become active partners in education by providing workshops; asking parents to serve on committees; and asking…

Research regarding parent involvement in their child's education is summarized. Parent involvement practices that may be developed when home and school computers are added as resources are discussed. (MT)

Asserting that the biggest mistake educators can make is to set themselves up as experts vis-a-vis parents as amateurs, Barbara and William Christopher emphasize the importance of continued education for the autistic individual and relate their experiences with the educational community as they sought help for their autistic son. (JC)

Reviews the content of parents' notes to teachers covering a variety of subjects. (FL)

While recent reseach cites parent-school cooperation as beneficial, parent involvement in most high schools is minimal. To improve this situation, high school educators are invited to participate in a national study project emphasizing two-way communication, building relationships, joint planning and service activities, including parenting…

Relates some of the concerns parents express in regard to school reports of their children and stresses the need for reports to take account of such concerns. (HOD)

Cites changes in classrooms and in parent and teacher attitudes needed to develop the parent/teacher cooperation and the affective climate necessary for optimal reading instruction. (SJL)

Parental involvement in education is shown to extend to the areas of teacher education with recommendations for greater preservice preparation for dealing with parents and planning for staff development with cooperative programs for parents and teachers. (JMF)

Considers how elementary social studies teachers view the early values development their students receive in the home. Discusses the influence of parents, the modeling process, discipline, parents as teachers, and proposes a cooperative parent teacher project for values education. (CK)

Examines parents through the lens of cartoons printed in educational journals. Suggests that journal editors share many ideas with educators, their readers, and that the ideas expressed in cartoons may be construed as anti-parent by preservice and inservice teachers. (Contains 3 cartoons and 20 references.) (WFA)

Describes parents' perspective of the transitional period for children with special needs and provides suggestions for working cooperatively with parents. (JOW)

Discusses ways in which parent cooperatives can be adapted to meet the needs of working parents in increasing parent involvement in the early childhood and elementary school classroom. Suggests that employers support parental classroom participation leave programs as a job benefit. Also discusses benefits that can be derived from parental…