Strategies for Conducting Difficult Conferences

Accept your feelings and maintain congruency Using the DPs name often Allow silence Focus on observable teaching behaviors Give negative and positive feedback in sequence Maintain a problem solving inquiry Adhere to conference procedures Respond selectively
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Strategies for Conducting Difficult Conferences

Write agreements, resistances Allowing the developing professionals to vent Disclose feelings State options as forced choices Choose the meeting location deliberately Use tactical emplacement Reschedule or terminate the conference
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