Creating and Sustaining Positive Relationships with Families
Driving Questions
- What roles do we play in professional relationships with important adults?
- How do we sustain, not just establish, a relationship with families?
- What are different ways that trust (and distrust) manifests in organizational settings?
- What are evidence based communication practices?
The scenarios that follow provide opportunities to explore these questions. As you read, we encourage you to explore your emotional responses to the stories. Beginning with your own responses, consider the questions above. This chapter will provide evidence-based strategies to communicate effectively and positively with families. Let’s begin.
Select one of the two scenarios (chapters) that follow. If you work in school-based settings, we recommend choosing the first scenario. If you work in clinical settings, we recommend the second scenario.
