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Involving Parents of Students With Special Needs
25 Ready-to-Use Strategies



April 2008 | 192 pages | Corwin
This resource offers a unique, teacher-friendly collection of ready-to-use techniques for involving the parents of students with special needs in the education of their children. Jill Dardig provides detailed descriptions of 25 parent communication and involvement strategies, each followed by models or templates appropriate for implementing the strategy at the pre-school, primary and secondary levels. Mainstream and special education teachers can select a strategy, choose the model that most closely resembles their teaching situation, adapt the strategy or use it as is, and immediately put it into practice. The models are appropriate for all types of settings, including self-contained classes, resource rooms, and full- or partial-inclusion classrooms.
 
Special Feature Figures
 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Author
 
1. Introduction
Parent Involvement Is Important and Up to You!

 
Your Personal Philosophy of Parent Involvement

 
 
2. Getting Started
Strategy 1: Personalized Letterhead

 
Strategy 2: Parent Contact Log

 
Strategy 3: Introductory Letter

 
Strategy 4: Parent Volunteer Invitation

 
 
3. Designing Your Classroom to Educate Parents
Strategy 5: The Visible Curriculum

 
 
4. Group Written Communication and Interaction
Strategy 6: Suggestion Box Letter

 
Strategy 7: Class Newsletter

 
 
5. Personalized Written Communication and Interaction
Strategy 8: Weekly Progress Report

 
Strategy 9: Parent Appreciation Letter

 
Strategy 10: Print Resource Letter

 
Strategy 11: Internet Resource Letter

 
Strategy 12: E-mail Communication

 
 
6. Telephone Communication
Strategy 13: Phone Call to an Organization

 
Strategy 14: Phone Calls to Parents

 
Strategy 15: Voicemail

 
 
7. In-Person Meetings
Strategy 16: Parent Group Meetings

 
Strategy 17: Pre-Conference Parent Survey

 
Strategy 18: Tips for Successful Conferences

 
 
8. Helping Parents Teach Their Children at Home
Strategy 19: IEP/IFSP Practice Letter

 
Strategy 20: Home Activity Calendar

 
Strategy 21: Home Response Cards

 
Strategy 22: Make-It-Take-It Workshop

 
Strategy 23: Summer Activities Letter

 
 
9. Challenges to Parent Involvement
Strategy 24: Conflict Situations

 
Obstacles to Parent Involvement

 
 
10. Staying Organized and Planning for Next Year
Strategy 25: Parent Involvement Portfolio

 
Parent Involvement Action Plan

 
 
References
 
Index

GREAT book. Hands-on Activities are useful and applicable.

Dr Terri Hessler
Education Dept, Ohio State University - Newark
October 17, 2012

Sample Materials & Chapters

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction


Jill C. Dardig

Jill C. Dardig is a professor of education at Ohio Dominican University, where she teaches a variety of courses and supervises student teachers. She has trained intervention specialists for the past 30 years at the university and was the first recipient of Ohio Dominican's Booth-Ferris Master Faculty Award. Dardig has served as president of the Teacher Education Division of the Ohio Federation Council for Exceptional Children. She worked previously as a curriculum specialist for the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, a special education faculty member at Russell Sage College, a research assistant for the... More About Author

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