Chapter 9

A  to have an orientation to meet them before school starts.

B  to ask them how their weekend was, what they did to celebrate their birthday, etc.

C  inviting families to volunteer in the classroom

D  through everyday and ordinary responsive interactions.

A  Reframe the parent’s emotions as passion for their family.

B  Accept and acknowledge the family’s emotions, both positive and negative.

C  Listen to what is behind the emotions and work with the family to understand them.

D  Recognize and remember the family’s passion from past conversations, and then build on it to provide focus when you set goals together.

A  Share what you learned about the child from your observations of family-child interactions.

B  Share observations of parent-child interactions that demonstrate something positive about the relationship.

C  Welcome families to visit and volunteer in the classroom.

D  Talk with parents about the things you see them do and say that are responsive to their child’s individual temperament and that positively impacts the child’s development.

A  Celebrate each step taken toward a goal as progress.

B  Recognize and acknowledge family strengths.

C  Help families identify and access personal and community resources.

D  Attribute a child’s progress to the family’s efforts whenever possible.

A  Share and educate the parents on how to discipline the child to change the behavior.

B  Wait for the parent to share their opinions about what they have observed.

C  Tell the parents to talk to their child at home.

D  Ask the parents if there is anything going on at home that would make the child behave this way.

A  Ask the family if there anything going on at home, that she should know about.

B  Be prepared with handouts and information about the school.

C  Ms. Douglas should dress her best to make a good impression.

D  Be aware of her biases.

A  Mr. Riley wants to get to know the family and thought this would be a good ice breaker.

B  Mr. Riley understands that Ray’s family knows him best, and he wants to learn from them.

C  Mr. Riley wants to know if Ray’s family knows how Ray learns. Then can teach the family how he should be taught.

D  Mr. Riley wants to assess the family’s ability to speak English.

A  Teachers see families in a more positive light.

B  Believing that all families can make progress.

C  Pointing out their struggles and then tell what they have done well.

D  Seeing the strengths in each family.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Listen to the family and start feeding the child, the family knows best.

B  Ask them to move to a different school, as their values don’t match yours.

C  Respect and appreciate their differing beliefs and collaborate on a solution.

D  Do nothing and just pretend you didn’t hear their concern.