A guide for teachers who want to improve relationships with the parents of their students. It addresses a range of issues that affect children's functioning and achievement. It presents solution-based approaches to collaboration which draw on the inherent strengths that individuals have, no matter how bleak their personal situation.

This important new book is a practical guide for teachers who want to improve relationships with the parents of their students. It empowers them with the skills and confidence necessary for productive collaboration and addresses a range of issues that affect children's functioning and achievement. "Teacher-Parent Collaboration" presents jargon-free and solution-based approaches to collaboration which draw on the inherent strengths that all individuals have, no matter how bleak their personal situation.