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From: Patti Bohlman
Date: 10/6/01
Time: 1:44:46 PM
Remote Name: 134.29.30.167
Andy, Sometimes you need to put a carrot in front of the parents noses as well as the kids. To get parent involvment, we often have to have an enticement to get them there. It can be there kids performing. It can be some type of raffle. Now, you might not get them to come to a specific "Stuttering Night". But could you piggy back it on some other night. We have Family Night where there is fun activities and food for parents and kids. You might want to do it on conference night. If there are emotional reasons for the parents not coming (like feeling it is their fault-or thinking that you will blame them) this might be less threatning. I actually hold a lot of parent conferences on family night-the parents don't really know that I am doing it. But I get to see the kids and parents interact together. We usually have these about once a month. Hope this helps