The booklet offers guidelines to help the educator in making meetings with parents more relaxed and productive, particularly in meeting the needs of special education students. Listed in an introduction are recommendations for productive parent-professional interactions, including that parents should be fully participating members of the team,…

This booklet provides suggestions for organizing programs and workshops for parents of children in cooperative preschools. Workshop topics, suggestions for selecting speakers, and ways to encourage the attendance of fathers are discussed. A checklist to use in preparing for a workshop or conference includes reminders on arrangements for…

Suggestions are given on how to conduct a successful conference with the parent of a student. (JD)

A new format for newsletters that makes effective school-parent communication possible with a reasonable amount of teacher effort is suggested. (CM)

Three hundred and twenty-five parents of five categories of exceptional students answered a 30-item questionnaire; findings revealed that while parents tended to have an accurate perception of their child's problems and services provided, they perceived themselves as having low levels of involvement in school, including Individualized Education…

Outlines effective ways to establish, conduct, and followup on parent-teacher conferences. Includes a list of six rules. (MD)

Discusses how teachers can communicate with parents and suggests aids for parent counseling. (CI)

An ecological developmental perspective examined processes influencing linkages between preschool handicap classrooms and children's homes. Results indicated that most programs provide several avenues for teacher-parent interactions. However, few avenues were used and those most often used were not ones contributing to teachers' satisfaction nor…

This Spring 2003 issue of the "Learning Point," the North Central Regional Educational Lab's (NCREL) magazine, focuses on the theme "A Call for Evidence Responding to the New Emphasis on Scientifically Based Research." Articles and materials in the issue are: "Wake-Up Call: Facing the Challenge to Use Scientifically Based…

Teacher in the role of listener at weekly group meetings with eight mothers helps them gain confidence as she herself gains understanding of mothers' goals for their children. (NH)

Discusses guidelines (developed by the Oregon State University Early Childhood Sex Education Project) for developing teacher-parent cooperation in providing sex education to young children. The guidelines concern how to talk about body differences and body functions; how to deal with masturbation, sex play and obscene language; and how to involve…