Are you sick of struggling with parents of children in your care? Are you dreading upcoming conferences or wishing you knew how to approach a difficult topic? Parent-Friendly Early Learning will help you turn parent worries into warm, confident relationships.

You'll learn how to:

• Improve parent-teacher communication
• Better understand a parent's perspective
• Address a parent's fears
• Develop and uphold policies
• Discuss child development
• Share information with parents

Written for beginning teachers and directors as well as seasoned professionals, this is the perfect resource for anyone genuinely interested in working with-not just for-parents. Detailed real-life scenarios in each chapter will help you create a climate of partnership, understand the background for each issue, avoid problems, and handle any conflict that does happen. The user-friendly format allows you to start with the issues that are most pressing to you. Softbound, 160 pgs.

"[The author's] straightforward approach to working with children and their families brings us right to the heart of the matter. It's all about quality relationships! Parent-Friendly Early Learning maps out strategies for inviting parents to the table where important dialogue begins."
--Julia Butler, M.Ed., Director, Second Street Children's School, CDA instructor