ABSTRACT
This Study Guide provides a variety of thought-provoking questions and activities to help you implement the concepts in the bestselling book, Dealing with Difficult Parents, 2nd Edition. For each chapter of the book, the Study Guide offers discussion questions, journal prompts, and group activities. You can work on these sections independently, in book studies, in professional learning communities (PLCs), in mentor sessions, and in professional development sessions.
As you work through this Study Guide, you’ll learn how to make the book’s strategies work for you, so that you can more effectively deal with parents in all kinds of challenging situations and help them get on your side to ensure students’ success.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |10 pages
Today's Parents
chapter |4 pages
What's Wrong with These Parents Anyhow?
part |13 pages
Communicating with Parents
part |15 pages
Soothing the Savage Beast
chapter |5 pages
Initiating Contact with Parents
chapter |4 pages
Never Let ‘Em See You Sweat
chapter |4 pages
What If the Parent Is Right?
chapter |5 pages
The Best Way to Get in the Last Word …
chapter |5 pages
Do You Feel Defensive? If So, Something Is Wrong
part |14 pages
Dealing with Parents in Difficult Situations
chapter |5 pages
Delivering Bad News
chapter |4 pages
What If They Use the “F” Word—Fair?
chapter |4 pages
Focus on the Future
part |11 pages
Increasing Parent Involvement