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Developing Teacher-Parent Partnerships Across Cultures: Effective Parent Conferences

LuAnn Jordan, PhD, is a research coordinator at the Multidisciplinary Diagnostic and Training Program (MDTP) at the University of Florida. Her current interests include learning disabilities, curriculum-based assessment, and teacher preparation. Address: LuAnn Jordan, MDTP, University of Florida, 1341 Norman Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611.

María E. Reyes-Blanes

María E. Reyes-Blanes, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Special Education and Physical Education at the University of Central Florida. Her current interests include multicultural education, families, and assessment.

Betty B. Peel

Betty B. Peel, PhD, is an assistant professor in elementary and middle grades education at East Carolina University.

Henry A. Peel

Henry A. Peel, PhD, is associate vice chancellor for academic administration at ECU.

Holly B. Lane

Holly B. Lane, PhD, is an assistant scholar in the Department of Special Education at the University of Florida. Her current interests include learning disabilities, reading, and teacher preparation.

The rich cultural diversity of today's special education programs challenges traditional patterns of communication between schools and families. This diversity demands the implementation of communication patterns sensitive to all parents, but particularly to those responding to culture and ability differences. To address these demands, teachers first face the challenge of becoming aware of the personal beliefs, values, and expectations that guide their interactions with others. Second, they need to enhance communication with all families by using culturally responsive interaction practice. This article addresses teachers' challenges in the context of productive teacher-parent conferences because such conferences represent the most common means of family-school communication and offer a building block for teacher-parent partnerships.

Intervention in School and Clinic, Vol. 33, No. 3, 141-147 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/105345129803300302


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