1st Edition
Working with Parents A Practical Guide for Teachers and Therapists
By Roy McConkey
Copyright 1985
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the 1980s working with parents in the education and care of their children was more often preached than practised by professionals. However, recent government committees and legislation both in the UK and USA at the time had repeatedly stressed the importance of parental participation. This applied not only to children with special needs, but to all children, and indeed there was considerable... Read more
About the Author. Acknowledgements. Preface. Part One: Working with Parents. Overview 1. Why Should I? 2. What Does it Involve? 3. What Can I Do? 4. How do I Cope with these Parents? Part Two: Working with Parents Face-to-Face. Overview 5. The Way I Look at It 6. I Never Knew He Could Do That 7. You Learn Something Every Day Part Three: Working with Parents in Groups. Overview 8. Brightening up a Talk 9. Handling Groups 10. Organising a Course Part Four: Spreading the Word. Overview 11. Learning through Video 12. Writing for Parents 13. Telling Others. Appendix. References. Index.
Biography
Roy McConkey
