Parents and Children

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2. What are some of the best ways to begin a
relationship?
 How can teachers support parents and children
through transitions to new schools?
 What do you understand about separation anxiety
in adults and children?
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3. Initial contact between teacher, parent, and child:
Orientation
 Choosing a school: Parent’s first contact
 First encounter—teachers and parents
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◦ Meeting without children
◦ Questions for parents (sample questions)
◦ Discussing separation
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First encounter—teachers and children
◦ Home visits
◦ Letters and phone calls
First visits to classroom
 Child’s entry into a classroom
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◦ Abbreviated schedule
◦ Transition and easing-in
◦ Establishing habits of communication
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5. If you were planning a good beginning for children
starting in a kindergarten this year, what would be
some of the strategies to implement, and explain
why?
 What challenges would you expect in carrying
out this plan?
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6. Regressive and aggressive behaviors
 Sadness
 Anxiety (both children and parents)
 Preparing parents for separation behaviors
 Welcoming parents into the classroom
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◦ Parting rituals
◦ Helpful parent behaviors
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7. Developing children’s trust in parents’ return
 Discussing separation experiences with families
 Providing special attention to parents and children
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◦ Transitional objects
◦ Dependency
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8. Good beginnings require a thoughtful plan, to
establish a working partnership with families.
 Communication must be established right from
the start, to help both parents and children
through the period of adjustment.
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