The Power of Positive Parent-Educator Partnerships
The Power of Building Positive Parent-Educator Partnerships
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Increase your understanding of the Special Education Process. Educators and Parents alike will gain deeper knowledge about every aspect of this unique educational experience.
Develop a shared vision in order to most effectively provide for student success. When the school and home work in synchronicity, they create an improved learning experience.
Effectively and clearly present your needs in a data-driven, unemotional manner. Learn active listening strategies and other techniques including perspective taking to deliver best practices resulting in improved student learning.
This timely and innovative roadmap for parents, educators, and administrators highlights the importance of effective communication methodology, appropriate correspondence, and data collection recommendations. Effective communication is often missing from the IEP team’s conversation. Navigating Special Education provides a foundation for building proactive, positive partnerships that will lead to 21st-century best practices for students.
The 5C Model of Communication: Conversations, Collaboration, Cooperation, Compromise, and Consensus presented in Navigating Special Education helps to forge trusted alliances between school districts and families.
Navigating Special Education draws upon the authors’ 60-plus years of combined experience by using:
As stakeholders, wouldn't you like to have successful meetings where everyone’s voice is heard, respected, and understood? After reading
Navigating Special Education, families, educational professionals, college students, and special education organizations will be able to implement effective models of communication and build positive partnerships.
An easy-to-use strategy for parents & educators
By using the 5-C Model of Communication ( Conversation, Collaboration, Cooperation, Compromise, and Consensus) at every step of the IEP process, parents and educators will be better equipped to build positive partnerships that lead to student success.
If followed step-by-step, this model will guide teams to work with transparency, develop trust, and reach the end game, which is creating a shared vision regarding the student’s education plan.
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Peggy and Tamara have a shared vision: to help IEP teams form partnerships. Over 10 years ago, they met in a LinkedIn special education conversation. After speaking on the phone, they agreed to meet in person, even though they lived over 100 miles apart. Once they met, they realized the only way to share their vision, with the world, was to write a book. They believed this was the path to change! However, writing their book presented many logistical challenges. It wasn’t until COVID 19 and the lock down that they saw a way to overcome these challenges; Zoom and Google Docs. After hours of conversations and writing, they used their core values to develop the 5-C Model of Communication: conversation, collaboration, cooperation, compromise and consensus. Peggy and Tamara believe communication is the missing link in most IEP meetings. They see their book providing teams with the tools needed to form positive partnerships and develop a shared vision.
The Power of Building Positive
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