How to Handle Difficult Parents: A Teacher's Survival Guide

by Suzanne Tingley (2006, Cottonwood Press, 12.95)
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Be it "Pinocchio's Mom," who thinks her child never lies, the "Caped Crusader," who will stop at nothing to have a book eliminated from the curriculum, or the "Helicopter Mom," who hovers and swoops in to protect her child from disappointment, this humorous handbook helps educators deal with impossible parents. Each chapter features a hilarious caricature that illuminates common parent anxieties followed by specific, practical methods for addressing the problem. [7.5” x 9.5”...144 pages]

10 Successful Strategies for Conducting a Positive Meeting with a Negative Parent

by Chad & Carrie Mason (2007, MarCo, 14.95)
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What do counselors, teachers, and administrators have in common? They all conduct parent conferences. Most parent conferences are positive, but it's the negative one's that lodge in the educator's memory. This book gives all educator's a step-by-step plan to successfully conduct a potentially negative parent conference as well as good advice for conducting any parent conference. Tips include pre-meeting contact, an inviting setting, preparedness, politeness, and more! Grades PreK-12. [6” x 9”...34 pages]

How to Deal with Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Plain Crazy

by Elaine McEwan (2005, Corwin Press, 27.95)
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Here are tips for dealing with parents diplomatically, and for acquiring the skills to disarm emotionally-charged behavior. The book features over two dozen strategies for defusing angry parents, 50 practical ways to build parental support at your school, 10 "Goals-at-a-Glance" to help keep your school community relations on target, and lots more. [6” x 9”...169 pages]

80 Creative Strategies for Working with Challenging Parents: A Resource for Elementary, Middle and High School Professional Educators

by Jerry Wilde (2005, YouthLight, 23.95)
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How to work with difficult parents. The ones with anger/hostility problems, the ones who exhibit anxieties, the ones who display emotionally withdrawn behavior. These parents often have mental health issues, show a reluctance to own responsibilities, have memories of negative school experiences, use inconsistent parenting styles, blame everyone except themselves, lack backbone, often have an oppositional disposition, and oftentimes, even alcohol/drug problems. Grades K-12. [8.5” x 11”...104 pages]

The How to Easily Handle Difficult People Handbook: Everything Problem People Don't Want You to Know

by Murray Oxman (2006, Sourcebooks, 8.95/hardback)
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This easy-to-read handbook breaks down the 12 most well-known types of difficult people and a mysterious 13th type—"the most difficult person of all," as well as the appropriate response to each. [4.5” x 6.5”...87 pages]

Nasty People: How to stop Being Hurt by Them Without Stooping to Their Level

by Jay Carter (2003, Contemporary Books, 8.95
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This easy-to-read handbook breaks down the 12 most well-known types of difficult people and a mysterious 13th type—"the most difficult person of all," as well as the appropriate response to each. [5.5” x 8”...112 pages]

Managing Conversations with Hostile Adults: Strategies for Teachers

by Georgia Kosmoski, et al. (2001, Corwin Pressl, 24.95)
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Actual experiences of more than 250 practicing teachers are used to illustrate good communication. Teachers can learn how to defuse the angry screamer, serve as mediators, handle parents with blinders, curb school gossip, deal with public humiliation, and neutralize the influence of alcohol or other drugs. Plus, how to maintain confidentiality. [6" x 9"...111 pages]

Creative Therapy 2: Working with Parents

by Angela Hobday & Kate Ollier (2001, Impact Publishers, 21.95/hardback)
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Here is the sequel to the very popular Creative Therapy with Children and Adolescents (21.95). This book offers resources for working parents whose children are experiencing emotional and/or behavioral problems. The content was crafted to provide help even when the parents have been less than understanding with their children. [6” x 9”...175 pages]

Life Would Be Easy If It Weren't for Other People: Updated Edition

by Connie Podesta (1999, Corwin Press, 27.95)
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How to develop healthy communication patterns with difficult people. This book will not help you change difficult people. That's impossible, according to the authors. It does, however, offer you strategies to incorporate into your behavior that will make relationships work better for you, immediately. [6" x 9"...96 pages]

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