​Nurture your child's strengths and interests.
Share the adventure of learning something new with your child.
Recognize and model making mistakes as an opportunity to learn, not a mark of failure.
Encourage safe risk-taking.
Help set priorities.
Seek positive peer connections.
Avoid over-scheduling.
Allow time for reflecting.
Pursue unfamiliar learning opportunities.
Encourage selective excellence, rather than across-the-board perfection.
Keep your sense of humor!

Communicating with School: A Positive Approach

• Request a convenient time to speak with your child's teacher.

• Provide, in writing, your questions and concerns before meeting the teacher.

• Be willing to compromise and collaborate on behalf of the student's needs.

• Provide a home perspective to your child's teacher on a regular basis.

• Keep a file of communications, learning plans and testing data on your child throughout his/her K-12 years.

• Provide both positive and negative feedback for changes in your child's learning plan, school assignments and learning activities.

• Always give your child's teacher a second chance to discuss educational issues about your child.

• Determine reasonable timelines and methods for communicating with your child's teacher.

• Do not expect your child to provide complete or accurate descriptions of school-day experiences. Communicate directly with your child's teachers if you have questions about what is happening in the classroom.

• Celebrate excellence both for your child and for those who teach your child.