Building culturally responsive family-school relationships /
[edited by] Ellen S. Amatea.
- xvi, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-411) and index.
Changing Family-School Roles and Relationships -- Connecting with Families: A Nice or Necessary Practice? / From Separation to Collaboration: The Changing Paradigms of Family-School Relations / Building Culturally Responsive Family-School Partnerships: Essential Beliefs, Strategies, and Skills / Understanding Families in Their Sociocultural Context -- From Family Deficit to Family Strength: Examining How Families Influence Children's Development and School Success / Understanding Family Stress and Change / Equal Access, Unequal Resources: Appreciating Cultural, Social, and Economic Diversity in Families / Understanding How Communities Impact Children's Learning / Building Family-School Relationships to Maximize Student Learning -- Getting Acquainted with Students' Families / Using Families' Ways of Knowing to Enhance Teaching and Support Learning / Fostering Student and Family Engagement in Learning Through Student-Led Parent Conferences / Building Relationships Through Joint Decision Making and Problem Solving -- Engaging in Collaborative Problem Solving with Families / Making Decisions and Plans with Families of Students with Special Needs / Creating a Support Network for Families in Crisis / Seeing the Big Picture: Creating a School Climate that Strengthens Family-School Connections / Ellen S. Amatea -- Ellen S. Amatea -- Ellen S. Amatea -- Ellen S. Amatea -- Silvia Echevarria-Doan and Heather L. Hanney -- Cirecie A. West-Olatunji -- Ellen S. Amatea -- Teresa N. Leibforth and Mary Ann Clark -- Maria R. Coady -- Ellen S. Amatea and Kelly M. Dolan -- Ann A. Rai and Ellen S. Amatea -- Crystal N. Ladwig -- Catherine Tucker and Sondra Smith-Adcock -- Linda S. Behar-Horenstein and Frances M. Vandiver. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. Pt. II. 4. 5. 6. 7. Pt. III. 8. 9. 10. Pt. IV. 11. 12. 13. 14.
"Taking into account economic and cultural diversity as well as exceptionality, Building Culturally Responsive Family-School Relationships presents a collaborative approach for working with all students' families to promote learning and resolve problems throughout the early childhood and elementary school years. The underlying premise is that teachers who embrace and adapt to shifting realities can work toward true partnerships between culturally diverse communities and the schools that serve them." "Grounded in research, this book links conceptual issues to practical methods in-service and pre-service educators can use - advising them how to take on the often intimidating, yet vital, process of forging connections with families by describing specific culturally responsive instructional and non-instructional practices to build relationships characterized by trust, cooperation, and motivation. Further, the text offers effective ways to personalize teaching and facilitate student learning through productive home-school cooperation, making it an essential resource for all school-based practitioners, including administrators, counselors, and special education consultants."--BOOK JACKET.
0205523641 9780205523641
2008000939
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