Family-School-Community Partnering Resources

RtI Family and Community Engagement Module/Colorado Department of Education June 2009

Family-School-Community Partnering Resources

Many resources are available on family and community involvement in schools. The following resources represent a selected sample, focusing directly on research, partnering process and related documents.

Websites:

Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education: Educating Our Children Together

http://www.directionservice.org/cadre/EducatingOurChildren_01.cfm

Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE)/Harvard Family Research Project

http://www.finenetwork.org

Future of School Psychology Task Force on Family-School Partnerships

And Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Human Development Center

http://fsp.unl.edu/

Iris Center: Collaborating with Families Module

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/fam/chalcycle.htm

Kentucky Department of Education: Partnering Document

http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Student+and+Family+Support/Parents+and+Families/The+Missing+Piece+of+the+Proficiency+Puzzle.htm

National Association of School Psychologists: Family Partnering Position Paper

http://www.nasponline.org/about_nasp/positionpapers/hsc.pdf

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education

http://www.ncpie.org/

National Network of Partnership Schools

http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/

National Parent Teacher Association

http://www.pta.org

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

http://www.nwrel.org/partnerships/

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory

http://www.sedl.org/connections/

SPP/APR Calendar

http://spp-apr-calendar.rrfcnetwork.org/explorer/view/id/527?3#category3

UCLA Parent/Home Involvement in the Schools

http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/qf/homework.htm

Vanderbilt Family-School Partnership Lab

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Peabody/family-school/index.html

Books:

Christenson, S. L. & Sheridan, S. M. (2001). Schools and families: Creating essential

connections for learning. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Constantino, S.M., (2008). 101 ways to create real family engagement. Galax, VA: ENGAGE! Press.

Constantino, S.M. (2003). Engaging all families: Creating a positive school culture by putting research into practice. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education.

Eber, L. (2003). The art and science of wraparound. Bloomington, IN: The Forum on Education Indiana University.

Epstein, J.L., Sanders, M.V., Simon, B.S., Salinas, K.C., Jansorn, N.R., & Van Voorhis, F.L. (2002). School, family, and community partnerships: Your handbook for action. Thousands Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Henderson, A.T., Mapp, K.L., Johnson, V.R., & Davies, D. (2007). Beyond the bake

sale: The essential guide to family-school partnerships. New York: The New Press.

Herr, C.M. & Bateman, B.D. (2006) Writing measurable IEP goals and objectives. Verona

WI: Attainment Company.

Leuder, D.C. (2000). Creating Partnerships with parents; An educator’s guide. Lanham,

MA: Scarecrow Press.

McConaughy, S.H., Kay, P., Welkowitz, J.A., Hewitt, K., & Fitzgerald, M.D. (2008).

Collaborating with parents for early school success: The achieving-behaving-caring program. New York: Guilford Press.

National PTA. (2000). Building successful partnerships: A guide for developing parent

and family involvement programs. Bloomington, IN: National Educational Services.

Patrikakaou, E., Weissberg, R., Redding, S., & Wahlberg, H.J. (Eds.) (2005). School-family partnerships for children’s learning. New York: Teachers College Press.

Weiss, H. Kreider, H., Lopez, M.E. & Chapman, C. (Eds.) (2005). Preparing educators to involve families: From theory to practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.