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Teachers and Parents Together

Teachers and parents must work together to help students with learning disabilities to develop the skills that they need. Rick Lavoie wrote The Teacher's Role in Home/School Communication exclusively for LD OnLine to support this partnership.

Teachers: The Teacher's Role in Home/School Communication has 21 tips that create effective, proactive communication with your students' families. Visit Working with Parents for more ideas.

Parents: Building and Maintaining A Good Relationship with Your Child's Teacher helps you with your role in the partnership. Learn to build and maintain strong relationships with everyone in your child's school. Go to Working With the School for more ideas.

Study IDEA 2004, the special education law that seeks to strengthen the teacher/parent partnership. Read about Individualized Education Plans which document the decisions. Smart IEPs explain how to participate in producing a plan that really helps a child achieve great results.

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