Reaching Out to Immigrant Parents
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Cristina Casanova
Parent involvement is an ideal we strongly promote in the United States, but sometimes it takes a lot of encouragement to convince immigrant parents that their participation is desired and valuable.
Welcoming families as vital partners in the school community can create a stimulating learning environment and supports children’s healthy development and capacity to learn. Reaching Out to Immigrant Parents offers eye-opening insights into the many challenges that are unique to immigrant families, and it provides multiple ways to encourage and enhance this involvement.
This valuable resource provides you with clear guidelines, tips, and recommendations for helping immigrant parents participate actively in their children’s education and the life of the school.
You’ll find specific communication guidelines, comprehensive cultural factors, parent outreach ideas, tips for conducting a parent meeting, suggestions for parent-child activities, and an exciting gamut of ideas that will motivate you to become culturally skilled and to knock down barriers.
Reaching Out to Immigrant Parents will show you how to:
- Communicate effectively with immigrant parents.
- Be prepared for the first meeting.
- Know what questions to ask immigrant parents.
- Inform parents of your school’s expectations.
- Educate parents regarding the roles of school personnel.
- Understand different cultures, customs, and values, and how to put that knowledge to use.
- Find and utilize a cultural broker.
- Educate parents to routines and experiences at home that will help their children succeed at school.
- Create effective outreach or enhance other outreach programs.
- Develop effective ideas for the classroom and counseling.
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Immigrant Families Face Many challenges
- Culture Shock—The Stress of Immigration
- Traumatic Stress—Dealing with Memories of War, Torture, Separation, and Deprivation
- Identity Crisis—Redefining Self in the New Environment
Understanding Cultural Differences
- Identifying Cultural Values
- Four Dimensions of National Culture
- Ten Cultural Assumptions Counselors Make
- Culture Quiz
- Answers to Culture Quiz
- Some Final Guidelines
Communication
- Cultural Factors to Keep in Mind
- Using a Cultural Broker
- Parent-Child Communications
- Parent-Educator Meetings
- Questions to Ask Immigrant Parents
Ideas for Reaching Out to Immigrant Parents
- From the First Moment
- After the Initial Meeting
- Additional Ideas for the School
- Ideas for the Classroom
- A Words About 9/11
- Reading to Children
About the Author
Primary Subject Area – Counseling
Grades K-12, 100 pages, 6 x 9, paperback
Description
Cristina Casanova
Parent involvement is an ideal we strongly promote in the United States, but sometimes it takes a lot of encouragement to convince immigrant parents that their participation is desired and valuable.
Welcoming families as vital partners in the school community can create a stimulating learning environment and supports children’s healthy development and capacity to learn. Reaching Out to Immigrant Parents offers eye-opening insights into the many challenges that are unique to immigrant families, and it provides multiple ways to encourage and enhance this involvement.
This valuable resource provides you with clear guidelines, tips, and recommendations for helping immigrant parents participate actively in their children’s education and the life of the school.
You’ll find specific communication guidelines, comprehensive cultural factors, parent outreach ideas, tips for conducting a parent meeting, suggestions for parent-child activities, and an exciting gamut of ideas that will motivate you to become culturally skilled and to knock down barriers.
Reaching Out to Immigrant Parents will show you how to:
- Communicate effectively with immigrant parents.
- Be prepared for the first meeting.
- Know what questions to ask immigrant parents.
- Inform parents of your school’s expectations.
- Educate parents regarding the roles of school personnel.
- Understand different cultures, customs, and values, and how to put that knowledge to use.
- Find and utilize a cultural broker.
- Educate parents to routines and experiences at home that will help their children succeed at school.
- Create effective outreach or enhance other outreach programs.
- Develop effective ideas for the classroom and counseling.
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Immigrant Families Face Many challenges
- Culture Shock—The Stress of Immigration
- Traumatic Stress—Dealing with Memories of War, Torture, Separation, and Deprivation
- Identity Crisis—Redefining Self in the New Environment
Understanding Cultural Differences
- Identifying Cultural Values
- Four Dimensions of National Culture
- Ten Cultural Assumptions Counselors Make
- Culture Quiz
- Answers to Culture Quiz
- Some Final Guidelines
Communication
- Cultural Factors to Keep in Mind
- Using a Cultural Broker
- Parent-Child Communications
- Parent-Educator Meetings
- Questions to Ask Immigrant Parents
Ideas for Reaching Out to Immigrant Parents
- From the First Moment
- After the Initial Meeting
- Additional Ideas for the School
- Ideas for the Classroom
- A Words About 9/11
- Reading to Children
About the Author
Primary Subject Area – Counseling
Grades K-12, 100 pages, 6 x 9, paperback
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