Dealing with Difficult Parents

ISBN-13: 9781138432666 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Todd Whitaker

Opis

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 parents.

Spis treści

About the Authors Preface Introduction to the 2^nd Edition 1. Dealing with Difficult Parents: An Overview Part I: Today’s Parents 2. Who Are These Guys?: Describing Today’s Parents 3. What’s Wrong with These Parents Anyway? Part II: Communicating with Parents 4. Building Credibility: Everyone Wants to Associate with a Winner 5. Taking Your Classroom Social 6. Positive Communication with Parents: An Ounce of Prevention 7. Listen, Learn, and Cultivate Part III: Soothing the Savage Beast 8. Initiating Contact with Parents 9. Never Let ‘Em See You Sweat 10. What If The Parent Is Right? 11. The Best Way to Get In the Last Word… 12. Do You Feel Defensive? If So, Something Is Wrong Part IV: Dealing with Parents in Difficult Situations 13. Delivering Bad News 14. But I Did Get a Good Deal: Examining the Car Salesman 15. What If They Use the F Word – Fair? 16. Focus on the Future Part V: Increasing Parental Involvement 17. Understanding Parent Involvement 18. Increasing Parental Involvement at School 19. Increasing Parent Involvement at Home Parting Thoughts References ?

O autorze

Todd Whitaker is a professor of educational leadership at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. He is a leading presenter in the field of education and has written more than 30 books, including the national bestseller, What Great Teachers Do Differently. Douglas J. Fiore is Dean of the Dwight Schar College of Education at Ashland University and is author of numerous books, including the popular textbook School-Community Relations, Fourth Edition.