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Post by Rozanna on Oct 26, 2016 11:16:28 GMT -8
How can you develop respectful, reciprocal relationships with families in your practice? Do you think an understanding of diversity plays a part? An understanding of yourself?
A great way to develop a respectful, reciprocal relationship with parents. Is to have a family meeting/confrence to discuss things like. Common parenting problems or teaching children about personal safety. Developing an anti-bias perspective, or Behaviors to expect at different stages of development and how to respond to them. Not all family meetings have to be about business inviting families to a picnic in the park is a great way to get to know eachother on a more personal level. Understanding each childs diversity plays a big role in spending time with families and learning about there culture.
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Post by Hailey on Nov 3, 2016 12:54:36 GMT -8
I think some ways to develop respectful relationships with the families you work with would be to bond with all of the children you work with and know them well. Knowing that their child's teacher knows them well develops respect. Being kind and courteous, and greeting all parents and children at drop off and pick up is another way to gain respect. I think understanding diversity is a huge part of having a respectful relationship with the families you work with. One family may want you to give their children hugs and cuddle them when they get dropped off, while others may prefer a more independent drop off for a child all of which may have background reasons. I feel understanding yourself also plays a role. I being a 19 year old with colored hair and piercings, a parent may not feel the most comfortable at first. I have to understand that and bring myself away from that notion and take the best care and prove diversity should be accepted.
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Post by Rosanna on Nov 5, 2016 14:33:01 GMT -8
A good way to develop respect with the parents is to talk to them as often as you can, and also watch what you say. Of course dont say anything about about there kids. But theres some parents that are super picky about whos their chidren teacher and if your young or old. Me personally am young and a lot of parents look at me like if i dont know what am doing. Yes i am young but i have a daughter probably older then there kids. And being young does not mean that you dont know what your doing, sometimes younger people do a batter parenting then someone whos old and just starting out to have kids.When i talk to parents i need to know what am talking about so i dont say something that i didnt want to say.
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Post by Jenifer on Nov 10, 2016 8:30:02 GMT -8
Make an effort to bond with all of the students in your care and get to know them well, and talk respectfully with the parents. Try to learn about and understand each family, and respect their ideals and preferences.
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Post by Samara Martins on Nov 17, 2016 4:39:56 GMT -8
A great way to develop a good relationship with the family of the child your caring for is to have moments where your child's family can come in and see how your working with them and you can talk to them and ask for suggestions on how to interact with their child , also use this opportunity to try to find out more about the child's daily life at home so you can find more ways to make the child more comfortable. It is also important to be in a good place personally, to realize it's important to be open minded and to be open to learning new things and accepting all kinds of situations.
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Post by Marcela Arenas on Nov 20, 2016 18:05:01 GMT -8
How can you develop respectful, reciprocal relationships with families in your practice? Do you think an understanding of diversity plays a part? An understanding of yourself?
I have found that being mindful of the words I say and the actions i take when awarding and disciplining a child has an impact on the respect i receive as a care giver. There are times when it is easy to forget how to properly articulate a question or certain expectations to children. I find that in order to have reciprocal relationships with families, one has to understand the needs of the parents and child. This takes time to get to know and effort to execute. One way of doing this is trying to update parents when a child accomplish goals in the classroom, or simply updating the parents on the improvements of behavior. Being respectful of the parents wishes and understanding the limitations of children will make the development of this relationship even smoother. Parents appreciate feedback and will provide information about the child that could perhaps explain certain behavior the child has. It is equally important to understand your own limitations and know that there are others who can help you build these relationships.
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Post by Mags on Nov 23, 2016 1:47:50 GMT -8
Understanding diversity plays a crucial role when it does to respecting your families. I am very professional and mindful when speaking to parents. It's important that they know we're here for them as well. It's important to build strong relationships with your families so they feel comfortable giving you feedback or communicating with you. When you understand the unique qualities of your families you build bonds of respect and trust.
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Post by Kenya Adams on Nov 26, 2016 14:41:15 GMT -8
How can you develop respectful, reciprocal relationships with families in your practice? Do you think an understanding of diversity plays a part? An understanding of yourself?
There are some great ways you can develop respectful, reciprocal relationships with families in your practice. A great way to develop a respectful relationship with the child's guardian you are working with is to be the first to contact them and allow them to get to know you not only by you telling them but opening the door to ask questions at any time and to lay a platform of open communication. this will begin creating a reciprocity in the relationship and open up doors for the guardian to be open to solutions that are used within the program for there child to be successful and to also be able to use similar tools at home for further development. I think that understanding diversity plays a big role in the understanding and development of relationships with child and guardian and would be detrimental to the well being and growth of these relationships if diversity isn't implemented not only in lesson plans and education development but also in relationship building recognizing and acknowledging differences in a cultures, what is valued in that culture and in the home of guardian and child.
If you don't have a understanding of who you are and what you stand for as a professional in this specific field of work then it might not be as easy to understand others in the sense of not seeing differences in people and also not being able to relate in some sense of the people you are getting to know. It wont be always that you will find similarities but being able to take those differences can help you build on that and get to a point of understanding which can overall help development and learning for yourself and the child who is in your program.
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