Home, school, and community collaboration : culturally responsive family engagement /: culturally responsive family engagement. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kathy B. Grant, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Julie A. Ray, Southeast Missouri State University.
• Authors: Grant, Kathy B; Ray, Julie
• Contents: SECTION ONE: UNDERSTANDING FAMILY ENGAGEMENT: BUILDING A KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT; 1. Family Engagement and the Responsive Educator; Preparing for Family Partnerships: Actualizing the Process; Forming Family Partnerships: Self-Assessment Activity; Barriers to Authentic Family Engagement; Benefits of Effective Family Engagement Practices; Current Trends in Family Demographics; Culturally Responsive Family Engagement; Ethical Practice; 2. Theories and Models for Family Engagement in Schools (Josephine Agnew-Tally and Donald Mott); Defining Family; Family Systems Conceptual Framework; Ecological Systems Theory: Urie Bronfenbrenner; Family Empowerment Models: Carl Dunst; Family-School Partnerships Framework: Joyce Epstein; School Development Program: James Comer; 3. Supporting Families as They Parent Today's Children; Stages of Parenthood; Parenting Styles; Effects of Different Parenting Styles on a Child’s Behavior; Teacher Acceptance of Differing Parenting Styles; Family Support for All; Principles of Family Support in Schools; Parent Education Models; SECTION TWO: APPRECIATING FAMILIES: TODAY'S DIVERSE FAMILIES; 4. Structurally Diverse Families; Today’s American Families; Nuclear Family Settings; Extended Family Settings; Single-Parent Families; Blended Families; Same-Sex Families; Grandparents and Other Kinship Roles; Multiracial Families; Adoptive Families; Foster Families; 5. Culturally Diverse Families (Luis Hernández, Lynn Zubov, Joyce Goddard, Manuel Vargas, and Kelly Hill); What Is Culture?; Similarities and Differences Among Culturally Diverse Families; Teachers’ Beliefs About Diverse Families; Linguistic Diversity in Families; Working With Newly Immigrated Families; Diversity in Family Religious Practices; Culturally Responsive Family Engagement; Perspectives on Poverty; 6. Students of Families in Transition; Family Life Cycle: Normal Transitions; Moving; Characteristics of Difficult Family Transitions; Students in Families Undergoing Separation, Divorce, and Remarriage; Death of a Parent or Family Member; Students With Parents in the Military; Students With Parents in Prison; Students in Foster Care; 7. Families Overcoming Obstacles (John Wong, Jonathan Livingston, George Cliette, and Sherry Eaton); Families Living in Poverty; Students Experiencing Homelessness; Families Affected by Violence; Chronic Illness of a Family Member or Student; Working With Families Who Have Experienced Natural Disasters; Families and Children Under Stress: Risk and Resilience; 8. Families in Abusive Situations (Keith Anderson); Child Abuse Statistics; Types of Child Abuse and Neglect; Substance Abuse, Child Abuse, and Neglect; The Role of the Teacher in Reporting Child Abuse; Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse: Working With Child Protective Services (CPS); Working With Families in Abusive Situations; Domestic Violence, Families, and Schools; The Educator’s Role After Reporting Occurs; The Role of the School Administrator; Corporal Punishment in Schools; SECTION THREE: FAMILY ENGAGEMENT: PUTTING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS INTO ACTION; 9. Engaging Families in Their Children's Learning at School and at Home; Collaborating With Families on Academic Learning and Development; Communicating With Families on Standards-Based Curriculum; Common Core State Standards: What Parents Need to Know; Collaborating With Families on Classroom Behavioral Challenges; Classroom Volunteers; Homework and Home-Learning Activities; 10. Teacher as Family Communication Facilitator (Jeannine Studer); In the Classroom: Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences; Print Communication; Special Considerations with Using Social Media as a Tool for Communication; Verbal Communication: Informal and Formal Conferences; Active Listening Behaviors; Planning for Formal Conferences; Alternatives in Conferencing With Families; Documentation of Communication; Communicating With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families; Barriers to Communication; 11. Working With Families of Children With Exceptionalities (Suzanne George, Melanie O'Leary, and Kerri Zappala-Piemme); Helping Families Adjust to Having a Child With Exceptional Needs; Cultural Considerations in Working With Families of Children With Differing Abilities; Classroom Teachers’ Role in Special Education; Legislation Relating to the Education of Children With Exceptional Needs; Components of IDEA; Communicating With Families About Exceptional Needs; Families of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); Referral Process and Identification; Involving Families in the IEP Process; Collaboration With Families of Young Children: Individual Family Service Plans; Response to Intervention; Assistive Technology (AT); Working With Families of Gifted and Talented Students; 12. Teacher as a Family Resource and Advocate (Josephine Agnew-Tally, Donald Mott, Sheila Brookes, and Kathy R. Thornburg); Asset-Based and Family-Centered Partnerships; Home Visits; Advocacy for Children and Families: Strategies for Becoming Advocates; Community Resources for the Classroom and Families; Parents as Decision Makers and School Leaders; Resource Personnel to Support Families; 13. Schoolwide Family Engagement Activities: Family Events, Family Resource Centers, and Volunteer Programs (Vincent Snipes, Pamela Moses-Snipes, Catherine Matthews, Jewell Cooper, Carole Robinson and Chloe Dunaway); Preparing for Schoolwide Family Engagement Activities; Family Events That Support Students’ Success at School; Organizing, Preparing, and Hosting Family Events; Back-to-School Events; Transition Events; Collaboration on Cultural and Community Events; Setting Up a Family Literacy Event; Family Math Nights That Honor Both Cultural and Community Influences; Family Science Night: H2O Experiments; Full STEAM Ahead: Organizing a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math Night; School Volunteers; Chapter 2: Theories and Models for Family Engagement in Schools - Josephine Agnew-Tally, Donald Mott; Chapter 4: Structurally Diverse Families - Gail Wentworth; Chapter 5: Culturally Diverse Families - Luis Hernández, Lynn Zubov, Joyce Goddard, Manuel Vargas, Kelly Hill; Chapter 7: Families Overcoming Obstacles - John Wong, Jonathan Livingston, George Cliette, Sherry Eaton; Chapter 8: Families in Abusive Situations - Keith Anderson; Chapter 10: Teacher as Family Communication Facilitator - Jeannine Studer; Chapter 11: Working With Families of Children With Exceptionalities - Suzanne George, Melanie O'Leary, Kerri Zappala-Piemme; Chapter 12: Teacher as a Family Resource and Advocate - Josephine Agnew-Tally, Donald Mott, Sheila Brookes, Kathy Thornburg; Chapter 13: Schoolwide Family Engagement Activities: Family Events, Family Resource Centers, and Volunteer Programs - Vincent Snipes, Pamela Moses-Snipes, Catherine Matthews, Jewell Cooper, Carole Robinson, Chloe Dunaway;
• Edition: 4th edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (592 pages)
• Subjects: 371.19/2; Home and school -- United States; Community and school -- United States; Parent-teacher relationships -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506365749; 1506365744
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