How to Form School Partnerships – Part 2
Last week, we described how Kyle was able to overcome an enormous power struggle by:
- Talking about previous successes and the current challenge of not being able to complete the assignment
- Expressing feelings of frustration, anger, sadness, and fear from the student and his parents
- Meeting with the teacher and the student together to brainstorm a satisfying solution
- Following-up with Kyle to ensure that he felt supported by his parents’ coaching to achieve success
- Being open to try an alternative solution to a difficult problem
- Having parents and the student recognize that they were caught in a power struggle and that the parents were owning the student’s problem