PART I Changing Family–School Roles and Relationships
Chapter 1 Connecting with Families: A Nice or a Necessary Practice?
Chapter 2 From Separation to Collaboration: The Changing Paradigms of Family–School Relations
Chapter 3 Building Culturally Responsive Family–School Partnerships: Essential Beliefs, Strategies, and Skills
PART II Understanding Families in Their Sociocultural Context
Chapter 4 From Family Deficit to Family Strength: Examining How Families Influence Children’s Development and School Success
Chapter 5 Understanding Family Stress and Change
Chapter 6 Equal Access, Unequal Resources: Appreciating Cultural, Social, and Economic Diversity in Families
Chapter 7 Understanding the Impact Communities Have on Children’s Learning
PART III Building Family–School Relationships to Maximize Student Learning
Chapter 8 Getting Acquainted with Students’ Families
Chapter 9 Using Families’ Ways of Knowing to Enhance Teaching and Student Learning
Chapter 10 Fostering Student and Family Engagement in Learning Through Student-Led Parent Conferences
PART IV Building Relationships Through Joint Decision Making and Problem Solving
Chapter 11 Engaging in Collaborative Problem Solving with Families
Chapter 12 Family-Centered Parent Involvement and Shared Decision Making in Special Education Classrooms
Chapter 13 Creating a Support Network for Families in Crisis
Chapter 14 Seeing the Big Picture: Creating a School Climate That
Strengthens Family–School Connections
