Welcome back to Special Education for Beginners! In this week’s episode, we’re continuing our November theme of Family Ties: Strengthening Parent Partnerships in Special Education—and today, we’re digging into one of the most foundational strategies: helping families know, like, and trust you.
As special educators, we’re often the case manager, service provider, and meeting facilitator all rolled into one—but to a parent, we’re still just a new face sitting across the table talking about their child. That’s a huge emotional gap, and if we want to create meaningful, long-lasting partnerships, we’ve got to close that gap intentionally.
🔑 In this episode, you’ll learn:
This episode is filled with real talk from the classroom and practical tips you can implement tomorrow to make your parent communication stronger and more sustainable.
🧰 Featured Resource:
💛 Parent Communication Logs & Reports
This tool was built specifically to help you:
Whether you're printing and filing or using it digitally with Google Forms, this resource makes it simple to stay organized, intentional, and relationship-focused.
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