Working with Parents of Children with Special Educational Needs

Working with Parents of Children with Special Educational Needs

Are you looking for advice on how to work successfully with parents? Every practitioner knows that it is vitally important to work well with parents and make the relationship a positive and productive one, to ensure the best support for the child with special educational needs. This book offers clear strategies for ways to forge successful and lasting relationships with parents. It includes: - advice on working together with parents to improve the child's learning - strategies for communicating effectively with parents - help for the pre-school SENCO, showing how they can lead the process - tips for building successful links with other related professionals - activities and case studies - a CD Rom with checklists and useful photocopiable material. This book is ideal for all those working with the 0 to 5 age range, such as pre-school practitioners, nursery managers, advisory teachers, SENCOs, Inclusion Officers and Child Care and Education students and tutors. Chris Dukes and Maggie Smith are both Area SENCOs who work closely with pre-school SENCOs and Managers on a daily basis.

1. A Solid Foundation: Basic Principles of Why and How 2. The Toolkit: Developing your own Personal Skills 3. Building Blocks: Planning, Policies and Practice 4. Working Together: Involving Parents in their Children's Learning 5. It's good to Talk: Communicating with Parents and Professionals 6. Scaffolding: Supporting Parents Through Challenging Times