title: Building partnerships with parents of school-age children with communication disorders.
abstract: This article discusses the strategies for building partnerships with parents and for achieving collaboration among parents, teachers, and speech-language pathologists, all of whom are agents who will influence the process of the child's speech-language learning process. The changes in educational philosophy and related laws, and in the role of parents, are discussed. Common concerns of parents of children with communication disorders are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Jefferson County Public Schools, Littleton, CO.
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Iadarola
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012574:Schools; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce