home and school

Presents over 450 letters, invitations, greetings, thank-yous, requests, and other types of notes teachers may use as models for communicating with parents, students, and school administrators and personnel.

A resource book that provides parents and non-parents with the information they need to become involved with public schools.

Explores the fears and anxieties connected with leaving home and starting school.

The author shares strategies she developed as a school principal for dealing with parents who were out of control; discusses issues that cause misunderstandings in schools; describes a foolproof problem-solving process; and offers advice on developing a supportive and involved parent community.

Explains to teachers how to form effective teams with staff members and families to help students with disabilities, covering team structure, teamwork skills, teaching collaboratively, improving communication, and handling conflict.

Discusses a child's feelings of anxiety and frustration caused by the disruption of a secure teacher-pupil relationship.