Putting Parents in Charge of Solving School Problems
George Stone
Abstract
This paper shows how to build solutions to school problems around the child’s parents. The approach is presented in three steps under the acronym JAR: 1) Join the family by recognizing parent-child affection; 2) Assess the interactional sequence that maintains the problem and develop a plan to change it; 3) Restructure the sequence with a directive requiring the simplest possible action to directly help the child, while indirectly helping parents. Three case vignettes illustrate the application of these ideas to real problems.
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