Monday, June 10, 2013
Facilitate Parental Involvement: Ask Questions
Recently I read Daniel Pink's new book,
To Sell is Human. Pink writes extensively about how individuals in the Education and
Medical professions sell everyday by motivating people to take action
that benefits them or others. He argues that asking questions is a the most efficient method to achieve a purchase than presenting the
benefits. As I read the book I continued to reflect how transition assessment is much more than the data put on the Individual Education
Plan. The process can facilitate parental involvement when
initiated by the teacher. But can parent involvement be initiated by
the parent? What if parents completed assessments and shared them
with teachers and other service providers? Daniel Pink discusses
that in todays world the seller does not have an advantage over the
buyer when purchasing a product due to the availability of
information. For example, when one purchases a car they can search
the prices and consumer reports and have as much information as the
car dealer. But does this equality of information exists in the area
of special education? One could argue that many times the parent has
more information than the service provider. Another argument could
be advanced that neither service provider or parent has all the
information needed. Parent Based Transition Assessments is a list of
42 assessments that allow the information from the assessments to be
sent to multiple emails.
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