Tips Teachers Dealing with Parents

• Allow parents to remain in control

• Avoid the “Authority-Layman” gap

• Deal with the parents’ propitious and concerns

• build on their strengths

• respect parents goals for their children

• Involve parents in planning

• respect individual styles of parent-child interactions

• give parents an “out”

• share how it feels to get no response from them

Bromwich, R.(1981). Working with parents and infants: An interactional approach. University Park Press: Baltimore, MD.

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