The CRAF-Ep4s family engagement model : building practitioners' competence to work with diverse families / [electronic resource]
by Iruka, Iheoma U [author.]; Curenton, Stephanie M [author.]; Eke, Winnie [author.].
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BookPublisher: Amsterdam ; Elsevier/Academic Press, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations.ISBN: 9780124104679; 0124104673; 1306705363; 9781306705363.Subject(s): Educational psychology | Family psychotherapy | EDUCATION -- Essays | EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions | EDUCATION -- Reference | Educational psychology | Family psychotherapy | Family Therapy | Psychology, Educational -- methods | Electronic booksOnline resources: ScienceDirect This book lays out how mental health practitioners can best engage parents in their children's education for the child's best educational outcome. The book presents several different engagement strategies, allowing for differences in socio-political, cultural, and parental beliefs and understandings. Topics include information from early childhood, family processes, efficacy, racial socialization, and social capital. While of interest to educators and parents, this book is written primarily for the clinician, in particular clinicians working with vulnerable child and parent populations, who may be struggling with learning or developmental disabilities. Concise, practical guideUseful to psychologists, educators, and parents.
Includes bibliographical references.
CRAF-E4: increasing the capacity and engagement of diverse families -- The diversity of families and changing demographic trends -- Providing resources to help address challenges faced by families -- Understanding the strengths and resilience of diverse families -- Examination of teachers' and practitioners' biases.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 14, 2014).
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