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Tips forParents
Working with Teachers
Parents play a vital role in their child’s education. They are equal partners in the team that develops their child’s IEP, and they care deeply that their son or daughter learns and grows as a student and as a person. In the course of their child’s educational career, parents may interact with a large number of professionals (e.g., their child’s special education teacher, general education teacher, occupational therapist, and perhaps many different consultants).
Being able to work effectively with these many professionals, exchanging ideas and concerns, communicating openly about what’s working and what’s not, are important elements in their child’s educational success. This section offers suggestions to parents on how to establish and maintain good working relationships with the professionals involved in their son’s or daughter’s education. These tips were collected from several parents of children of a variety of ages, with a variety of disabilities.
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TheBasics
Remember that, as a parent, you know your child best and have a great investment in him or her. You need to diplomatically, but strongly advocate for your child.
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Ways to Help Your Child in Reading and Writing
Multi-sensory techniques have been found to be useful for teaching children with visual-perceptual problems, find motor problems, and memory problems often associated with learning disabilities. The following techniques are multi-sensory in that they use visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic stimulation to help children remember and learn more efficiently.
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Resources
Great websites for Parents, Teachers, and Kids
Kids Resources – Stories
Children’s Storybooks Online This is a fantastic site for children and parents. You can choose from Books to Read, Coloring [...]Kids Resources – Sports
Major League Baseball National Football League Sports Heroes Here’s your chance to read about Roberto Clemente, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Doug Flutie, [...]Kids Resources – Science
Astro-Venture This multimedia website deals with NASA careers and astrobiology research. The concept is to search for and design a [...]Websites for Parents and Teachers
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CH.A.D.D.) National non-profit membership organization that provides information, sponsors, conferences and holds meetings [...]Kids Resources – Activities
Cartoon Critters Learn to draw cartoons, play games, and print and color cartoons to print out. Chateau Meddybemps You are [...]Kids Resources – Animals
Animal Pictures Archive Great site where you can find pictures and sound files of all types of animals to print [...]