The Family-School Connection

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.

ISBN 0803973071   Pages 384 ISBN13 9780803973077 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher SAGE Publications Inc   Weight (grammes) 488 Imprint SAGE Publications Inc   Published in Thousand Oaks Format Paperback   Series ISSN 2 Publication date 01 May 1995   Series title Issues in Children's & Families' Lives S. Non-book description xi, 371 p. ;   Height (mm) 216 Library of Congress 95011383   Width (mm) 140 DEWEY 371.103   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY edition DC20   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

Series Editor's Introduction - Thomas P Gullotta It Is in Our Best Interest PART ONE: PROCESSES The Family-School Relationships Model - Bruce A Ryan and Gerald R Adams Inquiring into Children's Social Worlds - Ellen S Amatea and Peter A D Sherrard A Choice of Lenses Parent-Child Interactions and School Achievement - Diane Scott-Jones National Patterns of School and Family Connections in the Middle Grades - Joyce L Epstein and Seyong Lee The Impact of Family Environment on Educational Attainment - Jay D Teachman, Randal D Day and Karen Price Carver Do Families Make a Difference? PART TWO: ISSUES High Achievement, Underachievement and Learning Disabilities - Robert-Jay Green A Family Systems Model Children's School Performance - Rex Forehand, Lisa Armistead and Karla Klein The Roles of Interparental Conflict and Divorce Truancy, Family Processes, and Interventions - Jane Corville-Smith The Family Resource Center - Robert W Plant and Patricia A King A Community-Based System of Family Support Services Intergenerational Influences on Child Outcomes - Annette U Rickel and Evvie Becker-Lausen Implications for Prevention and Intervention

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