Student and Family Assistance Programs and Services-Outcomes

• School-Owned and/or Based Support Programs
• School-Linked Projects and Services

Relevant Documents, Resources, Tools on the Internet

Academics
• Helping with Homework: A Parent's Guide to Information Problem-Solving
• New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement
• Parental engagement in learning and schooling: Lessons from research

Facts, Studies, and Statistics
• A New Wave of Evidence:The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement
• Family Advocacy, Support, and Education in Children's Mental Health (2008) K. Hoagwood, et. al., Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 35: 73-83.
• Parent and Family Involvement in Education: Results from the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2016
• Questions Parents Ask About Schools
• Reaching All Families: Creating Family-Friendly Schools.US Dept of Education, Office or Educational Research and Improvement
• School Engagement Among Parents of Middle School Youth

General
• Availability of Services to Support Parent Involvement
• Bibliography of Family Involvement Research Published in 2005
• Children and Families at the center
• Engaging Parents in Education
• Exploring Involvement Expectations for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Parents: What We Need to Know in Teacher Education
• Family engagement in education and intervention: Implementation and evaluation to maximize family, school, and student outcomes
• Growing and Sustaining Family Engagement Toolkit
• National Network of Partnership Schools at Johns Hopkins University
• Pacer Center
• Partners in Eduation: A Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships
• Parental involvement in education during middle school: Perspectives of ethnically diverse parents, teachers, and students
• Reaching Out to Diverse Populations: What can Schools Do to Foster Family School Connections?
• Ready, Willing and Able? Kansas City Parents Talk About How to Improve Schools and What They Can Do to Help
• Welcoming Schools

Mental and Physical Health
• A Strategic and Shared Agenda to Advance Mental Health in Schools Through Family and System Partnership

Research
• Approaches to Parental Involvement for Improving the Academic Performance of Elementary School Children in Grades K–6
• Training for Family Involvement / Measure of Beliefs about Participation in Family-Centered Service Delivery

Partnerships

• Community and Family Engagement: Principals Share What Works
• Developing a Collaborative Team Approach to Support Family and Community Connections with Schools: What can School Leaders do?
• Family and community engagement self-assessment
• Family Involvement in Children's Education: Successful Local Approaches
• Involving Families in High School and College Expectations
• Home-to-School Connections Guide: Tips, Tech Tools, and Strategies for Improving Family-to-School Communication
• The Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
• School and Parent Interaction by Household Language and Poverty Status: 2002-03
• Team up for Kids! How Schools Can Support Family Involvement in Education
• Working Constructively with Families
• Working systematically in action: Engaging family and community

Parenting Involvement

• Collaborating for success: Parent engagement toolkit
• Conducting Parent and Caregiver Focus Groups
• Conducting the Parent and Family Involvement Survey for your school(s): Instructions and Guidelines
• Effective family/community engagement strategies
• Family Engagement Toolkit
• Fostering family engagment in the School Responder Model
• Getting parents involved
• Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention
• Handbook for family and community engagement
• Parent and Family Involvement in Education, 2006-2007 School Year, from the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2007.
• Parent Engagement as a School Reform Strategy. ERIC/CUE Digest Number 135
• Parent Involvement Focus Group Questions for Parents, Teachers and Administrators
• Parent Involvement in Children’s Education: Efforts by Public Elementary Schools
• Parent Involvement in Education
• Parental Involvement in Education
• The Parenting Imperative: Investing in Parents so Children and Youth Succeed
• Parents' Guide to Student Success
• Ready, Willing and Able? Parents Talk About How to Improve Schools and What They Can Do to Help
• Reframing Family Involvement in Education, 2009
• Report on Parent and Family Involvement in Education in 2011-12
• Resources for Parents and Families, U.S. Department of Education
• The role of perceived parent monitoring and support on urban child and adolescent problem behavior
• U.S. Department of Education Publications for Parents

Programs and Policies
• Hispanic Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Education Programs.

• Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY)
• Beach Center on Disability
• Center for Law and Education
• Center for the Improvement of Child Caring
• Children, Youth and Family Consortium Electronic Clearinghouse
• Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
• Families USA
• Family and Youth Services Bureau
• Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
• Future of Children
• Grandparent Information Center
• Human Development and Family Science Extension
• Institute for Urban and Minority Education
• National Association of School Psychologists
• National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention
• National Clearinghouse of Families and Youth (NCFY)
• National PTA
• Parent and Family Resource Page at ED.gov
• Parents Helping Parents
• Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
• Positive Parenting
• Promote Prevent (Education Development Center)
• Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
  

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