Engaging Families in Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiatives
Publication Year:
2011
Authored By:
National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention This prevention brief presents some of the challenges faced by SS/HS initiatives and their partners in engaging parents and suggests specific strategies for bringing families into SS/HS partnerships to engage them in a meaningful and authentic way in the Initiative
References:
Arias, M. B., & Morillo-Campbell, M. (2008). Promoting ELL parental involvement: Challenges in contested times. East Lansing, MI: The Great Lakes Center for Education Research & Practice. Retrieved from http://greatlakescenter.org/docs/Policy_Briefs/Arias_ELL.pdf
Aspiazu, G. G., Bauer, S. C., & Spillett, M. D. (1998). Improving the academic performance of Hispanic youth: A community education model. Bilingual Research Journal, 22(2), 1
