What Parents of Students with Learning Disabilities Want from Schools
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: Middle Years (5-9), Parent's Guide to Special Education, more...
- Communication without jargon
- Conferences held so both parents can attend
- Written materials that provide information to help them understand their child's problems
- A copy of the written report about their child
- Specific advice on how to manage specific behavior problems and how to teach them skills that they need
- Information about their child's social and academic needs
Excerpt from Families and Children with Special Needs: Professional and Family Partnerships, by T.E. Smith & B.C. Gartin & N.L. Murdick & A. Hilton, 2006 edition, p. 163.
© 2006, Merrill, an imprint of Pearson Education Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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