Medical Info: Getting Ready for School

As our kids get ready to return to school, we encourage you to look for ways you can become more involved in your child's education. One such suggestion is simply establishing an open line of communication with your child's teacher(s). Too often, the first real discussions with the teacher occur when there are problems, and this is less than ideal. Email is a great way to share/receive information from teachers. Perhaps simply sending an email at the beginning of the year to ask "how may I help with my child's education" or to tell the teacher to please let you know early if he or she senses any problems for your child will help open the pathway for good communication. Remember, it is much easier for you to initiate and establish the communication - your child has only one or a handful of teachers; the teacher has many parents.