Working with Challenging Parents of Students with Special Needs

Move beyond conflict to true collaboration with difficult parents of children with special needs by understanding their perspectives and using appropriate methods to address their concerns!

Author: Jean Cheng Gorman
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Published: 03/12/2004
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 10.04h x 7.04w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780761939283

About the Author
Gorman, Jean Cheng: - Jean Cheng Gorman, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist and the author of Emotional Disorders and Learning Disabilities in the Elementary Classroom: Interactions and Interventions (2001, Corwin Press). After teaching in urban and suburban elementary schools, Jean obtained her doctorate in Child and School Psychology at New York University. Her interests in collaborating with parents has included research on Chinese methods of parenting as well as culturally-sensitive parenting programs. Other professional interests include working with children who are medically-fragile and enhancing parent-child relationships in infancy and early childhood.

Jean currently lives with her husband and two children in Northern California.