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

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

by JillC.Dardig (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 194
Edition: 1
Publisher: Corwin
Published: 04 Jun 2008

ISBN 10: 1412951208
ISBN 13: 9781412951203

Media Reviews
This book makes a great contribution to the field of not only special education, but also general education. Teachers across specialties will find these strategies helpful for facilitating communication with parents and caregivers. -- Erin Jones, Special Education Teacher
Involving parents on a positive level is essential to educating all students, especially students with special needs. This book helps you with real-world situations-something that most college courses cannot prepare you for. Easy and user-friendly, this book provides you with strategies and tools to aid in communicating with parents. -- Laura Peterson, Special Education Teacher
Author Bio
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 Northeast Regional Media Center for the Deaf, and a parent educator for Project Change. Dardig has written a variety of books and other publications about and for parents.