The Family-School Connection

Personality and Social Development, University of Guelph. Prevention, Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, New London, CT.

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