Family-School Partnerships
Bibliography
New!!! A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement.“ This publication from SEDL (Southwest Educational Development Laboratory) is a compilation of 51 research studies since 1995 which examine parent and community involvement and its role in impacting student achievement. Each study is described and analyzed including the limitations of the study. Findings are briefly described and recommendations for implementing the findings are put forward. The studies are divided into three categories: 1) Impact of parent and community involvement on student achievement; 2) Effective strategies to connect schools, families, and communities; and 3) Parent and community organizing efforts to improve schools” http://tf.conviveon.com/tf/index?page=researchdetail&doc=192-168-1-4-77c31d-f50e7ce21a--7ee3&size=1
The Impact of Parent/Family Involvement on Student Outcomes: An
Annotated Bibliography of Research from the Past Decade. Susanne
Carter. Available through CADRE
www.directionservice.org/cadre/parent_family_involv.cfm
Promising Practices for Family Involvement in Schools (Family, School, Community, Partnership Issues, V. 1) by Diana B. Hiatt-Michael (Editor), http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1930608942/qid=1056125086/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/002-2320775-1521641?v=glance&s=books
Reaching All Families: Creating Family-Friendly Schools, Oliver C. Moles (Editor), 1997. www.barnesandnoble.com
Parent Partners: Workshops to Foster School/Home/Family Partnerships, Jacqueline Barber, Lincoln Bergman, Lynn Barakos, Carl Babcock (Editor), Florence Stone (Editor), www.barnesandnoble.com
Article on establishing School-Based Parent Support Groups for parents of children with learning difficulties. http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=274&g=3
“Family and Professional Partnerships.” Research from the Beach Center on Disability. http://www.beachcenter.org
Beyond the Bake Sale: An Educator's Guide to Working With Parents,
Anne T. Henderson, Carl Marburger, Theodora Ooms.
www.amazon.com
Website
The Partnership Committee on Special Education was formed to help create a foundation for and guide the implementation of the State Improvement Plan (SIP) and the State Improvement Grant (SIG). PCSE members have developed a vision for the special education system. Specific components of that vision are listed. http://www.calstat.org/partnershipCommittee.html
Additional Resources:
“Parents and Educators Working Toward Mutual Solutions”
CADRE and The Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers
This is an online streaming video “Parents and Educators Working
Toward Mutual Solutions” developed by the Technical Assistance
Alliance for Parent Centers (the Alliance) and Consortium for Appropriate
Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE). Available in English
and Spanish. http://www.directionservice.org/cadre/spec_ed_med_vid.cfm