How to Handle Challenging Conversations with Parents

1.5 CPDs, Run Time 49:48

Dealing with parents can be one of the most challenging parts of educators’ jobs. This very practical presentation offers you both useful perspective and language to use in communicating with parents–especially about difficult topics–in order to create collaborative teacher-parent partnerships. It also helps you anticipate ways to handle challenging responses from parents.

Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, (also known as “Dr. Friendtastic”) is an author, psychologist, and mom of four, based in Princeton, NJ. She is the creator of the Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic podcast, where she answers questions from children about making and keeping friends. Her blog, Growing Friendships, on Psychology Today, has over 5 million views, and her TEDx talk on conflict resolution and bullying has over 250K views. Her recent books include Moody Moody Cars (for ages 4-8), Growing Friendships (for ages 6-12), and Kid Confidence (for parents).