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Working to Resolve Attitudes and BehaviorsTRANSCRIPT
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What are helpful teacher attitudes when encountering challenging parents?
What are helpful teacher behaviors when working with challenging parents?
What are some common sources of tension between teachers and parents?
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Distinguishing hostility from other issues Helpful teacher behaviors to defuse
situations◦ Remain calm◦ Acknowledge and accept anger◦ Express concerns constructively◦ Respect parents’ concerns
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Understand possible reasons Strategies to persevere with uninvolved
parents
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Possible reasons for overinvolvement Strategies to work with over-involvement
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Late parents
Releasing children to noncustodial or “under the influence” parents
Sick children
Lack of respect
End-of-day problems
Asking for special treatment
Disagreement over readiness
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Teachers have a responsibility to persist when faced with challenging parental attitudes and behaviors.
Hostility, under-involvement, and over-involvement all have causes and helpful responses.
There are appropriate responses to frequent causes of parent-teacher tension.
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