parent-teacher relationships

Provides specific suggestions for both organizing and sustaining an effective advisory program.

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.

Offers educators advice on how to deal with volatile or confrontational parents, with information on parental aggression and confrontation and an overview of various approaches in academic settings.

Offers advice to teachers, principals, and other educators on how to deal with difficult parents and situations, and includes suggestions on how to build positive relationships with challenging parents.