Family Involvement
Documents for Families
| eneral Family Involvement Documents |
General Family Involvement Documents:
| Beginning Reading Instruction: Practical Ideas for Parents (PDF - 495 KB) | |
| Authors: | Texas Reading Initiative, n.d. |
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| Description: | Provides information and activities for parents of preschool children and those beginning the reading process in school to use in helping their children become readers. |
| Culture and Parenting: Family Models Are Not One-Size-Fits-All (PDF - 539 KB) | |
| Authors: | I. U. Iruka, D. R. LaForett, E. C. Odom, FPG Child Development Institute - 2012 |
| Description: | A new FPG Snapshot provides a summary of findings from a study of two family process models for families with young children from five different cultural groups, and explains why family process models are not one-size-fits-all. |
Florida's Rules for Pre-K Children with Disabilities or Developmental Delay File
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| Authors: | State of Florida |
| Description: | Florida rules 6A-6.03026, Florida Administrative Code (FAC), Special Programs for Prekindergarten Children with Disabilities and 6A-6.03027 (FAC), Special Programs for Children Three Through Five Years Old Who are Developmentally Delayed. |
| IEP Basics: Parents and Guardians (PDF - 515 KB) | |
| Authors: | Head Start Center for Inclusion, n. d. |
| Description: | Developed to support children with disabilities in Head Start programs, this is a brief checklist for families to use to prepare for IEP meetings |
| Income and Education as Predictors of Children's School Readiness | |
| Authors: | Julia B. Isaacs & Katherine Magnuson, Brookings Institution, December 14, 2011 |
| Description: | Looks at how factors such as family income and maternal education are associated with children’s school readiness and have a significant influence on children's ability to learn before they enter the classroom. |
| Positive Solutions for Families of Young Children with Challenging Behavior (PDF - 242 KB) | |
| Authors: | Center for Evidence-Based Practice, 2006 |
| Description: | Eight practical tips for parents to use when their young children exhibit challenging behavior. Includes a brief explanation and an example for each tip to use with the parents’ own families in everyday life. |
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