Building School and Community Partnerships Through Parent Involvement

For Parents in Education courses. Thoroughly updated, the second edition of this text profiles today's American families and examines the special relationship among them, their children's schools, and their communities. Through an ecological, systems approach, the authors explore the family as a child's first teacher. They provide a wealth of strategies for involving parents and other family members in a child's education, and address the increasing diversity of the American family in regard to structure, culture, and lifestyle. Additionally, coverage addresses advocacy, assessment of family strengths and weaknesses, and the unique challenges of working with families of children with special needs.Wright, Kay is the author of 'Building School and Community Partnerships Through Parent Involvement', published 0010 under ISBN 9780130949783 and ISBN 0130949787.