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Home-School Relations: Working Successfully with Parents and Families, 3/E
Glenn W Olsen, University of North Dakota
Mary Lou Fuller

ISBN-10: 020549840X
ISBN-13: 9780205498406

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 432 pp
Published: 01/10/2007

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Home-School Relations examines the contemporary family and its relationship to the school and provides educators practical advice for developing strong partnerships with their students’ families.


Supporting parents as full partners in education, this text stresses the need for educators to have positive working relationships with the students that they teach by understanding the families from which their students come. In addition to covering the traditional topics of ethnic families, change in families, and parent-teacher communication, Olsen, Fuller, and their contributors delve further into the issues facing families today. Looking at the effects of poverty, advocacy, the role of fathers, domestic violence, bullying, school violence on families, the authors offer practical techniques that give educators the tools to cope with the many factors affecting their students. Integrating diversity (cultural, racial, religious and sexual orientation) throughout the text, Home-School Relations is the best text available to prepare educators for all the forms of diversity they will encounter in the field.

Beyond its in-depth look at ever-evolving families, this text provides solid, practical examples of building good home-school partnerships and fostering parent involvement.

  • Contains an entire chapter (Ch. 8) on special needs children and their families.
  • Contains full chapter (Ch. 16) on advocacy.
  • Includes parents' perspectives on teachers and schools, voices often ignored in traditional home-school relations texts.
  • Offers end-of-chapter resources for further exploration of topics, including Web sites, Children’s books, professonal books, articles, and videos, as well as names and addresses of professional organizations and journals that offer support.
  • Represents the many “child-nurturing arrangements that exist” with in-depth coverage of how they function.
  • Offers several thought-provoking questions/reflections in each chapter that the reader can address in a critical manner.
  • Presents family involvement models in four areas: Special Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, and Middle Schools.

  • Completely NEW Chapter: Chapter 16 on Advocacy.
  • The latest information on bullying and school violence and domestic violence and its impact on children.
  • Comprehensive coverage of school choices including charter schools, magnet schools, and vouchers.
  • One Case Study has been added to most Chapters.
  • “Children’s Books” —lists children’s literature to compliment each chapter.
  • Updated discussion of father/male involvement in schools.

Most chapters conclude with "Summary," "Case Study," "Recommended Activities," "Additional Resources: Children's Books," and "References."

 

Foreword.

Preface.

1. An Introduction to Families,

Mary Lou Fuller and Glenn W. Olsen

 

Defining “Family” and Determining Family Responsibilities

Families, Their Children, and Teachers

Changing World-Changing Families

Home-School Relations in the Past

Looking at Families

Case Study

Parent Involvement

2. Families and Their Functions-Past and Present,

Mary Lou Fuller and Carol Marxen

 

The Evolution of the Family

Contemporary U.S. Families

Case Study

Patterns of Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

Functional Families

Dysfunctional Families



3. Diversity among Families,

Ivan Watts and Sandra Winn Tutwiler

 

The Changing Family

Family Structure

Alternative Family Structures

Ethnic and Cultural Diversity

African American Families

Asian American Families

Hispanic Families

Case Study

American Indian Families

Religious Diversity



4. Parents' Perspectives on Parenting,

Karen W. Zimmerman

 

Becoming a Parent

Parenting Styles

Case Study

Parenting Behaviors in Diverse Family Structure

Single-Parent Families

Divorced Noncustodial Fathers and Mothers

Stepparent Families

Rewards and Satisfactions of Parenthood



5. Teachers and Parenting

Judith B. MacDonald

 

Teaching and Parenting

Teachers' Perspectives on Parents

Case Study

Parents' Perspectives on Teachers and Schools



6. Parent-Teacher Communication: Who's Talking?

Sara Fritzell Hanhan

 

Building a Coequal Relationship

Barriers to Two-Way Communication

Aids to Two-Way Communication

Initial Communication

Regular Communication

Written Communication

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Communication with Parents of Middle School Students

Case Study

Other Ways of Communicating on a Regular Basis

Communication on Special Occasions

 

7. Parent Involvement in Education,

Soo-Yin Lim

 

Defining Parent Involvement

The Benefits of Parent Involvement: What Research Has to Say

Six Types of Parent Involvement

Foundations of Facilitating a Meaningful Parent Involvement

Case Study



8. Families and Their Children with Disabilities,

Kari Chiasson & AmySue Reilly

 

Historical Perspective

Number of Children Receiving Special Educational Services

Federal Special Education Laws and Legislation

Family Systems

Case Study



9. Family Involvement Models

 

Family Involvement in Special Education, Mary McLean and Margaret Shaeffer

A Family Systems Conceptual Framework

Family-Centered Intervention

Family Involvement Models in Early Childhood Education, Soo-Yim Lim

Head Start

Early Head Start

Title I/Even Start

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Minnesota Early Childhood Education (ECFE)

ADVANCE

Parent and Child Education (PACE)

Family Involvement Models in Elementary Education, Marci Glessner

Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS)

MegaSkills

Center for the Improvement of Child Caring (CICC)

National Network of Partnership Schools

School Development Program (SDP)

Family Involvement Models in Middle Schools, J. Howard Johnston and Aimee

Fogelman

The Outcomes of Involvement

Impediments to Family Involvement

Model for Family Involvement

Contextual Considerations

Engaging Culturally Diverse Parents

The Model in Operation

Supporting Parent Involvement and Securing Assistance for the School

What Advice Can We Give Parents?



10. Educational Law and Parental Rights,

Gloria Jean Thomas

 

History of the Legal Relationship between Parents and Schools

State Constitutions and Education

State Legislatures and Education

State and Federal Courts and Education

Case Study



11. Family Violence,

Tara Lea Muhlhauser and Douglas D. Knowlton

 

Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect

Domestic Violence

Recommendations for Action

Case Study



12. Poverty,

Mary Lou Fuller

 

What is Poverty?

Myths about Poverty

The Effects of Poverty

Schools and Families of Poverty

Case Study

Working with Low-Income Families

Suggestions for Working with Low-Income Parents



13. Fatherhood, Society, and School,

Charles B. Hennon, Glen Palm and Glenn W. Olsen

 

Basic Premises

Fatherhood in Context

Conduct of Fathering

Understanding Fathering

Fathering and School Achievement

Society-Level Interventions

Community-Level Interventions

Parent Education

Father's Involvement with Schools

Family-Level Interventions

Case Study

14. School Choices in Education,

Joe Nathan

 

Four Features of School Choice Programs

Rationale

Brief Historical Background

Vouchers

Home-Schooling

Magnet Schools

Schools Within Schools

New Small Schools

The Charter School Movement

Post-Secondary Options

Sharing Facilities

Case Study

 

 

15. Implications of Home-School Partnerships for School Violence and Bullying,

John H. Hoover, Mary Beth Noll, Kathryn E. Johnson & Glenn W. Olsen

 

School Violence

Bullying and Violence

Basic Bullying Information

Adjustment Problems Associated with Bullying

Family Interaction Patters Affecting the Bullying and Victimization of Children

Social Cognitive Schemes: A Way for Educators to Understand the Role of Families in

Bullying and Victimization.

Home-School Relations and Bullying: What Educators and Future Educators Should

Know

A System-Wide Approach for Reducing Violence and Bullying

Case Study

 

16. Finding a Voice for Children: Advocacy in Action

Barbara Arnold-Tengesdal

 

Rights of Children

Creating Change in Public Policy

Landmark Public Policy Initiatives

Advocacy

Case Study

 

 

" [I] have many ways of “selling” the text to my students because there is very accurate, helpful information for working with parents.  From teaching and working with parents myself, I can tell my students that the ideas presented really work.  Compared to other texts, I appreciated how each chapter of this book is written by different authors and experts in that particular field or topic.  I think it brings a higher level of credibility to the reader.”

—Julie Bryant, Southwest Baptist University

 

 

Home–School Relations examines the contemporary family and its relationship to the school and provides educators practical advice for developing strong partnerships with their students’ families. Supporting parents as full partners in education, this text stresses the need for educators to have positive working relationships with the students that they teach by understanding the families from which their students come. In addition to covering the traditional topics of ethnic families, change in families, and parent–teacher communication, Olsen, Fuller, and their contributors delve further into the issues facing families today. Looking at the effects that poverty, advocacy, the role of fathers, domestic violence, bullying, and school violence have on families, the authors offer practical techniques that give educators the tools to cope with the many factors affecting their students. Integrating diversity (cultural, racial, religious and sexual orientation) throughout the text, Home–School Relations is the best text available to prepare educators for all the forms of diversity they will encounter in the field.

 

New to This Edition:

  • Completely NEW chapter: Chapter 16, on advocacy
  • Current information on domestic violence, bullying ,and school violence  and the impact on children
  • Comprehensive coverage of school choices including charter schools, magnet schools, and vouchers
  • One NEW Case Study is included in most chapters
  • NEW “Children’s Books” sections list children’s literature to complement each chapter
  • Updated discussion of father/male involvement in schools

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