Building a positive partnership with your child’s educator

In this episode, host Nadia Rossi speaks with educator, Sarah Holman, about building positive partnerships between parents and educators to support children’s mental health, wellbeing and learning. They discuss how parents and educators can work together to create the best possible outcomes for children and why respectful, two-way relationships can make things easier, especially when families are experiencing difficult times. 

In this episode you will hear: 

• Sara share how educators support the social and emotional wellbeing of students on a day to day basis [00:4:20].
•  How Informing your child’s educator about any difficulties at home can help them better support your child at school [00:6:28].
• Sara explain how you can best prepare for a conversation with your child’s educator [00:15:12].
• How parents and educators can find the right balance when communicating outside of school hours to avoid overwhelm [00:28:36].

Further information and resources: 
 

Talking to your child’s educator: Tips for having difficult conversations 

Talking to your child’s school: a guide for parents living with mental illness 

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