Parents’ role important in school

Parents have a major impact on their children’s success in school, and the parental attitude toward learning and its importance has a lasting effect on the students. It could be said that parents of students with special needs have an even more vital role to play in their child’s education, and may have to be even more active in supporting their child.

Pamela Schehl

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series on students finding success in school.

Photo by Virgil Shipley