The Importance of Teacher-Parent Partnership in Disability Advocacy

This discussion post examines the crucial role of teacher-parent partnerships in advocating for the rights and services of children with disabilities. It emphasizes that collaboration between teachers and parents is essential for understanding the specific needs of disabled children, facilitating two-way communication, and ensuring their academic success. The post highlights how partnerships can identify and address safety concerns, resolve conflicts, and develop effective strategies. Furthermore, it stresses the importance of teachers being prepared to work with diverse caregivers, encouraging communication, and leveraging observational skills to provide optimal support. The post concludes by emphasizing that effective communication with parents enhances student motivation, behavior, and attendance, leading to improved outcomes and a positive attitude towards learning. References include scholarly articles that support the benefits of teacher-parent collaboration in educational settings.

Discussion

Table of Contents
Reason why it is essential for teacher to become partner with parents in advocating for rights
and services of children with disabilities.....................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

Reason why it is essential for teacher to become partner with parents in advocating for rights and
services of children with disabilities
There is a need to become a partner with parents because through that teacher may easily
understand the actual need of disable child and through two way communication between
families and schools will help to provide student's success. Through equal involvement of
teacher and parents may help to identify safety concern and ways to solve the same (Watson,
2019). While on the other side, if teacher become a partner with parents then they helps to deal
with conflict and also develop strategies as well. Moreover, teacher- parent relationship also
helps to increase child performance even he/she is disable.
On the other side, communication and partnership with parents is important because
teacher need to be prepare to work with diversity of caregivers. For example, teacher has to
encourage parents to phone at specific time of a day in order to determine what kind of services
school is provide to their child or grooming (Heatl and Votruba-Drzal, 2019). As teacher posses
observation skills which work when teacher work with parents in order to determine how the
needs and wants of disable child may be given. At that time, there is a need to get proper support
from parent side so that their child may get best services from teacher and school. For that,
proper communication should be done which helps to increase motivation for learning, improve
behaviour as well as attendance, as a result, child feel better and make positive attitude too.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals -
Heatly, M. C. and Votruba-Drzal, E., 2019. Developmental precursors of engagement and
motivation in fifth grade: Linkages with parent-and teacher-child relationships. Journal of
Applied Developmental Psychology. 60. pp.144-156.
Watson, T., 2019. Parent, Teacher, and Administrator Perceptions of School Community
Relationships.