The Family-School Connection Theory, Research, and Practice

by Bruce A. Ryan; Gerald R. Adams; Thomas P. Gullotta; Roger P. Weissberg; Robert L. Hampton

• ISBN13: 9780803973077
• ISBN10: 0803973071
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-05-15
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

What is the nature of the relationships between family variables and children's successes in school? An examination of this question is the basis of this volume. Building on a model for evaluating the relationships between families, schools and children, the contributors analyze: how school achievement is influenced by parent-child interactions; how early adolescents are affected by the overlapping 'spheres of influence' of school, family, community and peer group; and how family environment influences educational attainment. Other issues discussed include: education for children with learning difficulties; school truancy; and the effects of parental discord and divorce on children's learning. In conclusion, the book offers examples of prevention and intervention.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction

It Is in Our Best Interest

PART ONE: PROCESSES - Bruce A Ryan and Gerald R Adams

The Family-School Relationships Model - Ellen S Amatea and Peter A D Sherrard

Inquiring into Children's Social Worlds

A Choice of Lenses - Diane Scott-Jones

Parent-Child Interactions and School Achievement - Joyce L Epstein and Seyong Lee

National Patterns of School and Family Connections in the Middle Grades - Jay D Teachman, Randal D Day and Karen Price Carver

The Impact of Family Environment on Educational Attainment

Do Families Make a Difference?

PART TWO: ISSUES - Robert-Jay Green

High Achievement, Underachievement and Learning Disabilities

A Family Systems Model - Rex Forehand, Lisa Armistead and Karla Klein

Children's School Performance

The Roles of Interparental Conflict and Divorce - Jane Corville-Smith

Truancy, Family Processes, and Interventions - Robert W Plant and Patricia A King

The Family Resource Center

A Community-Based System of Family Support Services - Annette U Rickel and Evvie Becker-Lausen

Intergenerational Influences on Child Outcomes

Implications for Prevention and Intervention