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 Tiffani Chin, PhD. Santa Monica Press From A Press Release Book Description Twenty-six million American families have elementary school-aged children. Many of these parents are plagued with a wide range of questions and doubts about how to help their children succeed in school: How do I choose the best school for my child? Do good parents have to join the PTA? What's the best way to request a particular teacher? What should I ask in a parent-teacher conference? How can I convince my child not to do homework in front of the TV? What do I do if my child isn't being challenged at school? How can I help my child get organized so he doesn't forget to do his homework? What do I do if I think my child has a learning disability? Some families eventually learn the answers to these questions through trial and error, but for many, this information trickles in too slowly to optimally benefit their children. School Sense: How to Help Your Child Succeed in Elementary School gives parents a head start by providing them with the information they need to make the most of their children's elementary school experience. School Sense provides concise, well-indexed, easy-to-understand information and advice in response to questions about choosing schools, communicating with teachers, helping children with homework and projects, providing an enriching home environment, and dealing with children's "special needs." School Sense discusses school options (i.e. public vs. private, magnet vs. charter) and walks parents through the process of evaluating schools. School Sense also emphasizes the importance of building relationships with principals and teachers (and how parents can make school administrators and teachers work for them!). It discusses how to ask for special testing and programs, ways to volunteer at school (without being a "room mother"), and even the best types of holiday gifts to bring for teachers. In short, School Sense is designed to be an essential reference for all families with elementary school-aged children. About the author: Tiffani Chin, Ph.D., is the coauthor of Tutoring Matters: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About How to Tutor. She is the recipient of the Spencer Foundation Fellowship for Research in Education and the founder of EdBoost, a nonprofit corporation that provides educational services to families. She lives in Los Angeles. Return to the Dr. Laura Reading Corner |
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