Experience and research has shown us the importance of involving and consulting with the parents of children whom we have identified as having a special educational need. Parents are a child's first educator, and those who know the child best.
It is crucial for parents to follow through strategies at home that have been implemented by the team and practitioners in the early years setting.
Parents may also have developed strategies for helping their child's communication and behaviour. Research has also told us that where home and school work together on strategies, success is more likely.
But sometimes we have found ourselves acting as negotiators between a child's parents who disagree about what is best, and sometimes blame one another for their child's special need. In such cases, the best interests of the child may unintentionally have been overlooked while the parents struggle to accept that their child has a special need, however moderate.
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