Handbook of school-family partnerships / edited by Sandra L. Christenson and Amy L. Reschly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Christenson, Sandra, 1946-

Reschly, Amy L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home and school--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Home and school.

Education--Parent participation--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Education.

Education--Parent participation.

Community and school.

United States.

Community and school--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xvii, 525 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Summary:

School-family partnerships are increasingly touted as a means of improving both student and school achievement. This recognition has led to an increase in policies and initiatives that offer the following benefits: 1) improved communication between parents and educators, 2) home and school goals that are mutually supportive and shared, 3) better understanding of the complexities impinging on children's development, and 4) pooling of family and school resources to find and implement solutions to shared goals.

This will be the first comprehensive review of what is known about the effects of school-family partnerships on student and school achievement. It provides a brief history of school-family partnerships, presents evidence-based practices for working with families across developmental stages, and provides an agenda for future research and policy. Key features include the following:

Provides comprehensive, cross-disciplinary coverage of theoretical issues and research concerning school-family partnerships.

Describes those aspects of school-family partnerships that have been adequately researched and promotes their implementation as evidence-based interventions.

Charts cutting-edge research agendas and methods for exploring school-family partnerships.

Charts the implications such research has for training, policy, and practice especially regarding educational disparities.

This book is appropriate for researchers, instructors, and graduate students in the following areas: school counseling, school psychology, educational psychology, school leadership, special education, and school social work. It is also appropriate for the academic libraries serving these audiences.

Contents:

Application of a developmental/ecological model to family-school partnerships / Jason T. Downer and Sonya S. Myers

Motivation and commitment to family-school partnerships / Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey, Manya C. Whitaker, and Christa L. Ice

Elements of healthy family-school relationships / Brandy L. Clarke, Susan M. Sheridan, and Kathryn E. Woods

Diversity in families: parental socialization and children's development and learning / Lynn Okagaki and Gary E. Bingham

Culturally-based worldviews, family processes, and family-school interactions / Nancy E. Hill

The home learning environment and achievement during childhood / Eric Dearing and Sandra Tang

Parent involvement in early education / Arthur J. Reynolds and Rebecca J. Shlafer

Partnering to foster achievement in reading and mathematics / Marika Ginsburg-Block, Patricia H. Manz, and Christine McWayne

A school-family partnership: addressing multiple risk factors to improve school readiness and prevent conduct problems in young children / Carolyn Webster-Stratton and M. Jamila Reid

Family-centered, school-based mental health strategies to reduce student behavioral, emotional, and academic risk / Elizabeth Stormshak, Thomas Dishion, and Corrina Falkenstein

School-family partnerships to promote social and emotional learning / Michelle I. Albright and Roger P. Weissberg

School connectedness and adolescent well-being / Clea McNeely, Janis Whitlock, and Heather Libbey

Family-school partnerships and communication interventions for young children with disabilities / Ann P. Kaiser and Alacia Trent Stainbrook

Creating school-family partnerships in adolescence: challenges and opportunities / Brenda J. Lohman and Jennifer L. Matjasko

Debunking the myth of the hard-to-reach parent / Karen L. Mapp and Soo Hong

Family-centered helpgiving practices, parent-professional partnerships, and parent, family and child outcomes / Carl J. Dunst and Carol M. Trivette

Mapping family-school relations in comprehensive school reform models and charter school designs: a call for a new research agenda / Claire Smrekar, Lora Cohen-Vogel, and Jie-Eun Lee

Future directions in family-school partnerships / Cindy Carlson

Methodological issues in family-school partnership research / S. Natasha Beretvas, Timothy Z. Keith, and Cindy Carlson

From periphery to center: a new vision and strategy for family, school, and community partnerships / Heather B. Weiss and Naomi C. Stephen

Moving forward in school-family partnerships in promoting student competence: from potential to full impact / Patrick H. Tolan and Samantha C. Woo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415963756

0415963753

9780415963763

0415963761

9780203876046

0203876040

OCLC:

262422843