I know my own child. I say she’s ready for kindergarten, and I don’t care what your test results say?” I believe as a future teacher I might get this more than the first situation I talked about. This is a very touchy subject, no parent wants to be told that their child needs to be help back, or that they are not scoring to move on, or they are falling behind. That statement no parent wants to hear and if they do, they go into protective mode, they get angry, and at that time no scores or tests will change their mind about their child. The first step in working with angry reactions is to accept it. An expressed feeling is real, no matter how distorted the perception of facts that caused the feeling. Accepting others and their feelings does not mean giving up one’s own perspective, it simply means being more sensitive to that of the other (Gestwicki, 420). In this situation make sure not into interrupt or try to change the subject, that will make the situation even worse. Do not take the parents comments personal, they are upset and will say what they are feeling exactly at that time, and I think a very important one is do not be defensive. By being defensive you will come off rude, unwilling to help, and the parents will get even more hostile (Gestwicki, 422). I think is this case the teacher can give the parents other options for how the child can move on and what exactly needs to be done. If the teacher does not know the action that can be taken, tell the parents you will find out by the end of a specific dat. I think setting a date will make it even more real and the parents hopefully will see you are actually on their side and trying to help them. Another solution would be for the parents who are not listening and want nothing to do with you, is to set up a meeting with the principal. Letting time pass by, a few day maybe, so it is not so heated and the adults can have a calm
I know my own child. I say she’s ready for kindergarten, and I don’t care what your test results say?” I believe as a future teacher I might get this more than the first situation I talked about. This is a very touchy subject, no parent wants to be told that their child needs to be help back, or that they are not scoring to move on, or they are falling behind. That statement no parent wants to hear and if they do, they go into protective mode, they get angry, and at that time no scores or tests will change their mind about their child. The first step in working with angry reactions is to accept it. An expressed feeling is real, no matter how distorted the perception of facts that caused the feeling. Accepting others and their feelings does not mean giving up one’s own perspective, it simply means being more sensitive to that of the other (Gestwicki, 420). In this situation make sure not into interrupt or try to change the subject, that will make the situation even worse. Do not take the parents comments personal, they are upset and will say what they are feeling exactly at that time, and I think a very important one is do not be defensive. By being defensive you will come off rude, unwilling to help, and the parents will get even more hostile (Gestwicki, 422). I think is this case the teacher can give the parents other options for how the child can move on and what exactly needs to be done. If the teacher does not know the action that can be taken, tell the parents you will find out by the end of a specific dat. I think setting a date will make it even more real and the parents hopefully will see you are actually on their side and trying to help them. Another solution would be for the parents who are not listening and want nothing to do with you, is to set up a meeting with the principal. Letting time pass by, a few day maybe, so it is not so heated and the adults can have a calm