Culturally Responsive Communication with Families

Factors to Consider

• Family home language and dialect
• Family values and beliefs
• Families' experience in educational system

Foundational Questions

• What would you like me to know about your child? What is working well for you and your child? • What concerns do you have about your child’s development and learning? • What do you need to know more about? • How do you think the care provided could be most supportive?

Questions, cont.

• Are there factors that you feel are most important for me to know?
• What is most important to you in raising your child

Essential Skills

• Active listening
• Joining and Supporting
• Open heart and mind
• Know thyself