New book published by two MCE faculty members
Authors Cathy Lines, PhD, Current MCE Adjunct Professor and Former Mental Health Coordinator for the Cherry Creek School District; Gloria E. Miller, PhD, Current MCE Professor (on sabbatical to devote more time to FSP research) and former Director of the Child, Family, and School Psychology Program; and Amanda Arthur-Stanley, PhD, Current School Psychologist in the Cherry Creek School District recently published The Power of Family-School Partnering (FSP): A Practical Guide for School Mental Health Professionals and Educators, NY, NY: Routledge 2010.
Family-school partnering (FSP) is a multi-dimensional process in which schools, families, and communities engage in shared actions to ensure a child's academic, social, and emotional success. This text offers a practical guide on how such partnering can be strategically implemented in all levels of schooling. Using a multi-tiered framework, these authors stress the legal, theoretical, and research rationale for such partnering and provide practical resources that enable schools and families to become integral partners in the educational process. Staff and family roles and responsibilities, a data-driven planning process for sustainable system change, evidence-based strategies, and examples of such practices in action are described. An accompanying CD is included that provides sample forms, training materials, and data collection tools that readers can use or adapt to their own needs to efficiently implement family-school partnering in their schools.
Expert Reviewer Comments for Back Cover:
"The authors are to be commended for their invaluable guide to theoretically-sound and empirically-supported family-school partnering. This is an exceptional resource for school psychologists, counselors, and social workers to foster family-school partnering in elementary and secondary schools." - Sandra L. Christenson, PhD, Birkmaier Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Minnesota
"This is an exceptionally well-written book that presents a comprehensive and practical approach to family-school partnerships. I wish that this book had been available to me as a student. It will be required reading for all my students." - Jon Lasser, PhD, Associate Professor, Texas State University-San Marcos
"In this highly significant and comprehensive resource, the authors offer a unique, cutting-edge approach to family-school partnerships within a tiered framework. I cannot imagine a more important book for school professionals concerned with promoting success for all students." - Susan Sheridan, PhD, George Holmes University Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
