You know something needs to be addressed.

Maybe an accommodation doesn’t seem to be happening. Your child is coming home overwhelmed. Homework has suddenly become a struggle. Or what you’re hearing from school simply doesn’t match what you’re seeing at home.

So you open an email...

and then wonder:

How do I say this without sounding confrontational?

In this episode of The Whole Child Advocate, Dominique shares a practical approach for communicating school concerns that is both clear and collaborative.

You’ll learn how to:

• Separate what you know from what you think may be happening

• Turn broad concerns into useful, specific information

• Ask questions that produce meaningful answers

• Avoid softening your message so much that the concern gets lost

• Decide what you actually want the email to accomplish

• Know when email is enough—and when it may be time to bring the IEP or 504 team together

Dominique also shares a simple four-part framework:

What am I noticing? What do I understand should be happening? What do I need to understand? What am I asking for next?

Because calm language does not mean weak advocacy.

You can be direct without being combative—and collaborative without minimizing what your child needs.

🎁 Download the FREE Concern Email Builder and explore additional communication templates and parent tools inside the Whole Child Collective:

www.wholechildadvocacy.com/collective

You do not have to choose between being kind and being clear. You can be both.