Author and teacher Katy Ridnouer provides specific strategies to address the potentially overwhelming, sometimes puzzling, and often delicate work of engaging both students and parents in the pursuit of learning and achievement.

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Cover -- Introduction: The Teacher as Everyday Advocate -- Part 1: The Groundwork for Engagement -- 1: Seeing the Person Before You -- Part 2: Invitations -- 2: Sending the Pro-Engagement Message -- 3: Making Inroads with Resisters -- 4: Regrouping and Rebounding After Rejection -- Part 3: Interpersonal Responses -- 5: Creating Relationships -- 6: Fostering Participation -- Part 4: Engagement Challenges -- 7: Creating More Effective Learning Opportunities -- 8: Reframing Perspectives -- Part 5: Extensions -- 9: Tapping Outside Resources -- Conclusion: Be the Difference, Be the Advocate -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index -- About the Author.