Publisher's Synopsis
How to Handle Difficult Parents is a hilarious, yet practical, guide to dealing well with parents and avoiding unneeded confrontation. Whether you're a teacher (normal or special education) or a coach, this book will provide you practical recommendations for what to say and how to say it to parents who criticize your lesson plans, dispute your disciplinary choices, or threaten to report the principal on you. Bringing years of experience as a teacher, principal, superintendent, and professor, the author shows teachers how to handle the most difficult parent types, including the Helicopter Mom, the Caped Crusader, Ms. "Quit Picking on My Kid," The Intimidator, No Show's Dad, and Pinocchio's Mom, among others. Emphasizing techniques to help foster productive discourse, this new version of How to Handle Difficult Parents is a must-have for instructors worldwide, both those just starting and those already deep in the trenches.
