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Peer reviewedGoldstein, Sue – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
Suggestions to make parents of children with disabilities more comfortable in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting include contacting parents personally before the meeting, having a school staff member greet the parents, appointing an "interpreter" to monitor educational jargon, and videotaping or audiotaping a few conferences to…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs
Peer reviewedRibas, William B. – PTA Today, 1993
Tips for enhancing parent-teacher communications include volunteer, get to know the teacher, make an appointment before seeing the teacher, provide positive feedback, contact the teacher early with problems, suggest PTA-sponsored communications workshops, respect teachers' perspectives, express anger elsewhere, accept positive and negative…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Responsibility, Parent Teacher Conferences
Peer reviewedKoch, Patricia K.; McDonough, Marsha – Young Children, 1999
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;…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Childhood Education, Parent School Relationship, Parent Teacher Conferences
Peer reviewedPower, Sally; Clark, Alison – Research Papers in Education: Policy and Practice, 2000
Investigated the usefulness of home-school reports for different communities of parents. Data from parent interviews and a survey of reporting practices in English secondary schools indicated that many schools were doing more than was legally required, though there were many difficulties. Parents felt that reports were overgeneralized and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Download full textMassachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Transitional Bilingual Education. – 1974
This manual is said to be intended to bring together under one cover the fundamental documents relating to the landmark legislation, the Transitional Bilingual Education Act. A general synopsis of Chapter 71A of the Act includes what a program in transitional bilingual education consists of, who has the right to it, and what the obligations of the…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers
Lombard, Ellen C. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1939
The establishment of a parent-education program provides a way by which parents may get accurate information on the program and policies of the superintendent; it helps parents to improve their methods of guidance at home; and it shows them how, as a group and individually, they may cooperate successfully with school authorities in meeting school…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, Parent Education, Parent School Relationship
Direct linkKeyser, Janis – Redleaf Press, 2006
Partnering with parents is essential if an early childhood program is to succeed. "From Parents to Partners" explores the reasons and methods for developing ongoing partnerships with parents and other family members. It also provides the tools and strategies needed to build the communication and support networks within which these partnerships…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Parent Teacher Conferences, Children, Bulletin Boards
Peer reviewedEdiger, Marlow – Educational Leadership, 1975
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Grades (Scholastic), Grading
National Association of Elementary School Principals, Alexandria, VA. – 1985
This collection of brief reports on educational matters of interest to parents contains the most popular titles in the Report to Parents series issued by the National Association of Elementary School Principals as a service to its members. Reports cover the following topics: (1) buying books for children; (2) dealing with child abuse; (3) helping…
Descriptors: Books, Child Abuse, Coping, Death
Scheerschmidt, Andrea E. – 1986
Because teachers are usually the first to observe that a student may have a learning problem, it is often their job to suggest to parents that an outside professional evaluation of their child be considered. This is particularly true for teachers in private and parochial schools, because the typical public school support staff is usually not…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities, Parent Attitudes
Afable, Lourdes B. – 1988
The practicum was designed to increase parent participation in a preschool (birth to 3 years) special education program serving children with handicaps in Chicago, Illinois. The practicum was intended to provide parents with an effective and meaningful involvement in a structured program of transition services. Input from both staff and parents…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Disabilities, Infants, Parent Education
Norwood, Glenda R. – 1983
This paper briefly discusses the rationale for and importance of establishing effective communication between parents and their children and between parents and schools. Five steps parents can take to develop positive communication with their children are outlined, and 14 general communication guidelines for carrying out a successful…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Early Childhood Education, Guidelines, Parent Child Relationship
Pikulski, John J. – Elementary English, 1974
Parents of students with reading problems can be taught to do many things to help enhance their children's language skills. (JH)
Descriptors: Parent Counseling, Parent Influence, Parent School Relationship, Parent Teacher Conferences
GRIFFIN, AILEEN – 1967
PARENTS OFTEN ASK HOW THEIR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT TO READ AND WHY READING IS TAUGHT AS IT IS. THIS PAPER REPORTS HOW SOME PTA STUDY SESSIONS IN DALLAS, TEXAS, GAVE PARENT-LEVEL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON READING INSTRUCTION WHILE DEVELOPING POSITIVE PARENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS. A SERIES OF PTA SCHOOL-STUDY EVENINGS CONSISTING OF 45-MINUTE…
Descriptors: Inservice Education, Library Services, Parent Counseling, Parent School Relationship
Florida Learning Resources System/CROWN, Jacksonville. – 1975
Designed to give special education teachers ideas and techniques for working effectively with parents of elementary school students, the document presents guidelines for parent-teacher interaction. Sections cover the following topics: techniques for parent involvement, building rapport, informal parent-teacher contacts, parent-teacher conferences,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Handicapped Children, Parent Teacher Conferences, Parent Teacher Cooperation
