| Description |
xiii, 303 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index. |
| Contents |
Families and the Schools -- Inclusion -- What Is the Teacher's Role? -- A Family Systems Perspective -- The Responsibility for Parent-Teacher Conferences -- Giving Support and Encouragement -- Effect of Teachers -- Administrators and the Home-School Relationship -- School Climate and School Administrators -- Influencing a Reluctant System -- Human Characteristics and Development of a Professional Helper -- Parents and Teachers: Reciprocal Views -- Teachers' Attitudes toward Pupils -- Schools, Families, and Distancing -- Teachers' Attitudes toward Parents -- Teachers' Attitudes toward Change -- Parents' Attitudes toward Teachers -- Family Dynamics: An Overview -- Social Roles -- Coping Mechanisms -- Related Concepts -- An Introduction to Family and Social Systems -- Family Systems Theory -- Family Structure -- Family Life Cycle -- Family Reaction to Childhood Disability -- Stages of Mourning -- Chronic Sorrow -- Psychosocial Stresses Associated with Childhood Illness/Disability -- Marital Adjustment, Divorce, and Single Parenthood -- Families of Children with Different Disabilities -- Mothers, Fathers, Siblings, and the Extended Family -- Chronic Burden of Care -- Developmental Transitions -- Basic Principles of Interviewing -- Personality Characteristics and Interpersonal Style -- Values and the Parent-Teacher Conference -- The Setting of the Conference -- Establishment of Goals -- The Information-Oriented Interview -- The Experiential Interview -- Listening -- Barriers to Effective Conferences. |
| Summary |
"This book provides the knowledge and skills needed to conduct effective conferences with parents of children with disabilities. Readers gain a solid understanding of the challenges that families face as a consequence of childhood disability and the issues that are likely to arise in meetings with school professionals. Reviewing the basic elements of parent-teacher conferencing, Seligman highlights ways to develop strong listening and responding skills, establish rapport, and engage parents who may feel anxious, frustrated, or angry. Also addressed are the requirements of the legally mandated Individualized Education Program conference. Enhancing the book's utility are sample dialogues, role-play scenarios and exercises, and referral sources and publications suitable for recommendation to parents. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Children with disabilities -- Education.
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Parents of children with disabilities -- Counseling of.
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Parent-teacher conferences.
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Children with disabilities -- Education.
(OCoLC)fst00855556
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Parent-teacher conferences. (OCoLC)fst01053355
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Parents of children with disabilities -- Counseling of.
(OCoLC)fst01053497
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Behinderung.
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Elternarbeit.
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Kind.
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Lehrer.
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| ISBN |
1572305533 (hc.) |
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9781572305533 (hc.) |
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1572305371 (pbk.) |
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9781572305373 (pbk.) |
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