Psychological Self-Help, Education - Social & Political Aspects, Relationships

Dealing with Difficult Parents: And With Parents in Difficult Situations

Name: Dealing with Difficult Parents: And With Parents in Difficult Situations
Author: Whitaker
ISBN: 9781614420323

by Douglas J. Fiore, Todd Whitaker

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Overview

This book helps teachers, principals, superintendents, and all educators develop a repertoire of tools and skills for comfortable and effective interaction with parents. It shows you how to deal with the parent who is bossy, volatile, argumentative, aggressive, or maybe the worst - apathetic. It provides specific phrases to use with parents to help you avoid using "trigger" words which unintentionally make matters worse. It will show you how to deliver bad news to good parents, how to build positive credibility to all types of parents, and how to foster the kind of parent involvement which leads to student success.

About the Author, Whitaker

Dr. Douglas J. Fiore has served in many roles in public education over the past 21 years. After serving as a classroom teacher and then principal in several schools, Doug worked in a leadership position with the Virginia Department of Education, and he has been a faculty member at universities in Georgia and in Virginia. Currently, Doug is a faculty member in the Doctor of Education Program at Virginia State University. Dr. Todd Whitaker has been recognized as a leading motivational speaker in the field of education. Todd is a professor of educational leadership at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, and he has spent his life pursuing his love of education by researching and studying effective teachers and principals. One of the nation’s leading authorities on staff motivation, teacher leadership, and principal effectiveness, Todd has written sixteen educational books including the national best seller, What Great Teachers Do Differently.