How to Deal With Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Seem Crazy
Teachers' Guide
Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins
- The McEwan-Adkins Group
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Strategies for working with parents of all kinds
Parents can be a teacher’s greatest advocate—and that’s why it’s important to know how to handle even the hardest parent situations. In fact, new teachers reported that parent communication is one of their biggest challenges. This teachers’ edition of the all-time best-selling How to Deal With Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Seem Crazy provides invaluable strategies that teachers can use to defuse angry parents and to work with all parents to advance the success of their children. Addressing a variety of educator needs and concerns, this resource
• Helps teachers get parents on their side with a set of proactive practices and policies
• Provides guidelines for teachers to follow when meeting with parents during annual reviews and IEP meetings
• Includes advice and vignettes that reflect challenges and concerns of today’s teachers
With resources that will remain relevant to teachers throughout their careers, this book provides a clear explanation of the complexities that interact to create dysfunctional parents and how teachers can most effectively problem solve, communicate, and learn from their relationships with parents.
Parents can be a teacher’s greatest advocate—and that’s why it’s important to know how to handle even the hardest parent situations. In fact, new teachers reported that parent communication is one of their biggest challenges. This teachers’ edition of the all-time best-selling How to Deal With Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Seem Crazy provides invaluable strategies that teachers can use to defuse angry parents and to work with all parents to advance the success of their children. Addressing a variety of educator needs and concerns, this resource
• Helps teachers get parents on their side with a set of proactive practices and policies
• Provides guidelines for teachers to follow when meeting with parents during annual reviews and IEP meetings
• Includes advice and vignettes that reflect challenges and concerns of today’s teachers
With resources that will remain relevant to teachers throughout their careers, this book provides a clear explanation of the complexities that interact to create dysfunctional parents and how teachers can most effectively problem solve, communicate, and learn from their relationships with parents.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
- Chapter 1. Why Are There So Many Angry Parents?
- Facet 1: The Increasing Variety of Today’s Family Units
- Facet 2: The Range of Needs, Issues, and Problems of Today’s Students
- Facet 3: A Continuum of Types of Schools
- Facet 4: The Things Teachers Do That Irritate and Inflame Parents
- Facet 5: A Variety of Types of Parents
- Chapter 2. Proactive Ways to Get and Keep Parents on Your Side
- Chapter 3. Defusing and Disarming Out-of-Control Parents
- What Is Anger?
- How to Deal With Angry Parents
- How to Deal With Very Dysfunctional Parents
- Using Your Encounters With Parents to Learn and Grow
- Chapter 4. Solving the Problems That Make Parents Angry, Troubled, Afraid, and Seem Even Crazier
- The Pervasive Problems That Will Plague You
- Solving the Problems That Plague You
- Chapter 5. Advice From Teachers Who Have Seen It All
- Chapter 6. Putting Your Best Self Forward
- Pay Attention to Your “Emotional Immune System”
- Nurture Your Best Self Around a Set of Personal Traits That Signify Character
- Affirm, Bridge, Communicate (ABC)
- Lead by Example
- Conduct an Assertive Intervention
- Take the A Train
- Deposit Trust in Your Relationship Trust and Savings Bank
- Become an Assertive and Self-Differentiated Teacher
- Tend to Your Health
- One at a Time or All at Once
Conclusion: 10 Goals to Help You Deal With Difficult Parents
Conclusion: 10 Goals to Help You Deal With Difficult Parents
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Strategies for working with parents of all kinds
Parents can be a teacher’s greatest advocate—and that’s why it’s important to know how to handle even the hardest parent situations. In fact, new teachers reported that parent communication is one of their biggest challenges. This teachers’ edition of the all-time best-selling How to Deal With Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Seem Crazy provides invaluable strategies that teachers can use to defuse angry parents and to work with all parents to advance the success of their children. Addressing a variety of educator needs and concerns, this resource
• Helps teachers get parents on their side with a set of proactive practices and policies
• Provides guidelines for teachers to follow when meeting with parents during annual reviews and IEP meetings
• Includes advice and vignettes that reflect challenges and concerns of today’s teachers
With resources that will remain relevant to teachers throughout their careers, this book provides a clear explanation of the complexities that interact to create dysfunctional parents and how teachers can most effectively problem solve, communicate, and learn from their relationships with parents.
Parents can be a teacher’s greatest advocate—and that’s why it’s important to know how to handle even the hardest parent situations. In fact, new teachers reported that parent communication is one of their biggest challenges. This teachers’ edition of the all-time best-selling How to Deal With Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Seem Crazy provides invaluable strategies that teachers can use to defuse angry parents and to work with all parents to advance the success of their children. Addressing a variety of educator needs and concerns, this resource
• Helps teachers get parents on their side with a set of proactive practices and policies
• Provides guidelines for teachers to follow when meeting with parents during annual reviews and IEP meetings
• Includes advice and vignettes that reflect challenges and concerns of today’s teachers
With resources that will remain relevant to teachers throughout their careers, this book provides a clear explanation of the complexities that interact to create dysfunctional parents and how teachers can most effectively problem solve, communicate, and learn from their relationships with parents.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
- Chapter 1. Why Are There So Many Angry Parents?
- Facet 1: The Increasing Variety of Today’s Family Units
- Facet 2: The Range of Needs, Issues, and Problems of Today’s Students
- Facet 3: A Continuum of Types of Schools
- Facet 4: The Things Teachers Do That Irritate and Inflame Parents
- Facet 5: A Variety of Types of Parents
- Chapter 2. Proactive Ways to Get and Keep Parents on Your Side
- Chapter 3. Defusing and Disarming Out-of-Control Parents
- What Is Anger?
- How to Deal With Angry Parents
- How to Deal With Very Dysfunctional Parents
- Using Your Encounters With Parents to Learn and Grow
- Chapter 4. Solving the Problems That Make Parents Angry, Troubled, Afraid, and Seem Even Crazier
- The Pervasive Problems That Will Plague You
- Solving the Problems That Plague You
- Chapter 5. Advice From Teachers Who Have Seen It All
- Chapter 6. Putting Your Best Self Forward
- Pay Attention to Your “Emotional Immune System”
- Nurture Your Best Self Around a Set of Personal Traits That Signify Character
- Affirm, Bridge, Communicate (ABC)
- Lead by Example
- Conduct an Assertive Intervention
- Take the A Train
- Deposit Trust in Your Relationship Trust and Savings Bank
- Become an Assertive and Self-Differentiated Teacher
- Tend to Your Health
- One at a Time or All at Once
Conclusion: 10 Goals to Help You Deal With Difficult Parents
Conclusion: 10 Goals to Help You Deal With Difficult Parents
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
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How to Deal With Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Seem Crazy
Teachers' Guide
August 2019 | 144 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781544352442 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781544352466 | $35.00 |
Strategies for working with parents of all kinds
Parents can be a teacher’s greatest advocate—and that’s why it’s important to know how to handle even the hardest parent situations. In fact, new teachers reported that parent communication is one of their biggest challenges. This teachers’ edition of the all-time best-selling How to Deal With Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Seem Crazy provides invaluable strategies that teachers can use to defuse angry parents and to work with all parents to advance the success of their children. Addressing a variety of educator needs and concerns, this resource
• Helps teachers get parents on their side with a set of proactive practices and policies
• Provides guidelines for teachers to follow when meeting with parents during annual reviews and IEP meetings
• Includes advice and vignettes that reflect challenges and concerns of today’s teachers
With resources that will remain relevant to teachers throughout their careers, this book provides a clear explanation of the complexities that interact to create dysfunctional parents and how teachers can most effectively problem solve, communicate, and learn from their relationships with parents.
Parents can be a teacher’s greatest advocate—and that’s why it’s important to know how to handle even the hardest parent situations. In fact, new teachers reported that parent communication is one of their biggest challenges. This teachers’ edition of the all-time best-selling How to Deal With Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Seem Crazy provides invaluable strategies that teachers can use to defuse angry parents and to work with all parents to advance the success of their children. Addressing a variety of educator needs and concerns, this resource
• Helps teachers get parents on their side with a set of proactive practices and policies
• Provides guidelines for teachers to follow when meeting with parents during annual reviews and IEP meetings
• Includes advice and vignettes that reflect challenges and concerns of today’s teachers
With resources that will remain relevant to teachers throughout their careers, this book provides a clear explanation of the complexities that interact to create dysfunctional parents and how teachers can most effectively problem solve, communicate, and learn from their relationships with parents.
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Chapter 1. Why Are There So Many Angry Parents?
- Facet 1: The Increasing Variety of Today’s Family Units
- Facet 2: The Range of Needs, Issues, and Problems of Today’s Students
- Facet 3: A Continuum of Types of Schools
- Facet 4: The Things Teachers Do That Irritate and Inflame Parents
- Facet 5: A Variety of Types of Parents
- Chapter 2. Proactive Ways to Get and Keep Parents on Your Side
- Chapter 3. Defusing and Disarming Out-of-Control Parents
- What Is Anger?
- How to Deal With Angry Parents
- How to Deal With Very Dysfunctional Parents
- Using Your Encounters With Parents to Learn and Grow
- Chapter 4. Solving the Problems That Make Parents Angry, Troubled, Afraid, and Seem Even Crazier
- The Pervasive Problems That Will Plague You
- Solving the Problems That Plague You
- Chapter 5. Advice From Teachers Who Have Seen It All
- Chapter 6. Putting Your Best Self Forward
- Pay Attention to Your “Emotional Immune System”
- Nurture Your Best Self Around a Set of Personal Traits That Signify Character
- Affirm, Bridge, Communicate (ABC)
- Lead by Example
- Conduct an Assertive Intervention
- Take the A Train
- Deposit Trust in Your Relationship Trust and Savings Bank
- Become an Assertive and Self-Differentiated Teacher
- Tend to Your Health
- One at a Time or All at Once
- Conclusion: 10 Goals to Help You Deal With Difficult Parents
- References
- Index
Recent Product Reviews:
"What I most love about How to Deal With Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Seem Crazy is Elaine McEwan-Adkins’ ability to focus on what really matters. A must-read for both experienced and novice teachers who are looking for a practical resource that gets to the heart of how to create positive partnerships with parents."
Chandra Williams, EdD, Center for Student Achievement Solutions
"Nobody writes a book for educators better than Dr. Elaine McEwan-Adkins. How to Deal With Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Seem Crazy is a commonsensical, go-to handbook for teachers, rich in data and anecdotes to inspire and guide difficult interactions with parents. Buy a copy for every teacher you know!"
Lydia M. Zuidema, Oasis International schools
"Once again Elaine McEwan-Adkins has captured the essence and wisdom from her own experiences, as well as those of other educators, in dealing with angry parents. The information and stories shared on these pages are sure to help that beginning teacher avoid pitfalls and help them be well prepared for that unexpected or expected confrontational parent. Knowing what to do in advance can help avoid making an enemy, and perhaps make a friend of the angry parent instead. I loved the 'What did the teacher learn from this experience?' feature after each story shared by the teachers! This book will be a wonderful resource for new teachers, as well as all educators."
Lola Malone, Springdale, AR
"With a perfect balance of humor, examples (personal and from others), and concrete, practical advice that focuses on being proactive rather than reactive, Elaine McEwan-Adkins expertly guides teachers to finding satisfying solutions to even the most unpleasant 'close encounters of the parental kind.'”
Allyson Burnett, University of Houston Downtown
"A must read for veteran and novice teachers to understand and respond to the angry, troubled, afraid, or just a little crazy parent. This book looks at the feelings and emotions that parents bring with them and offers a fresh perspective that provides valuable tips to ultimately diffuse the anger and work toward amicable solutions to best serve the student."
Salli Mahaffy, Bayer Private School, Gendale, AZ