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This fifth edition of Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children provides teachers and teacher candidates with a comprehensive guide to establishing collaboration with parents and the larger community. This text will help future teachers develop the understanding and tools they need to work with others to give children a better education. The underlying message of this book is that all persons involved in early childhood education or child advocacy should join hands in promoting the highest quality of education for young children in America. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

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• Chapter Objectives, Summaries and Questions
• Vignettes - real life stories/events that clarify the concepts throughout the chapters.
  
• Reflections - these reflections ask the reader to pause and connect some particular content to their own life experiences.
  
• Implications for Teachers - new feature that provides connections between the ideas in the text and real life application in classrooms and schools.
  
• Bibliography of Children's Literature
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The authors have added features and rearranged the topics to give this text better coherence and greater usability. Readers will find we have updated references and resources throughout but have streamlined the research citations to provide for smoother reading. We removed the chapter on school curriculum but included suitable parts of that in other chapters. We have renamed some chapters to reflect changes in content, and we have grouped References by each chapter. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

• New Figures and Tables throughout the chapters update data on demographics of American families and communities.
  
• New vignettes and illustrations to help readers understand the uniqueness of family life and the diversity in our country.
  
• "Implications for Teachers:..." featured in each chapter give readers practical suggestions for trying out the ideas in the real world.
  
• The Special Needs area is addressed more intensely by showing readers how to work with families of children with disabilities.
  
• Family Systems Theory is highlighted to show the importance of understanding total family functioning in addition to the differences of individuals.
  
• Protecting children has a higher profile. Authors include more information on the growing problems and concerns about obesity, bullying, substance and sexual abuse and help readers fit these concerns into the role of education.
  
• Media pluses and minuses are highlighted in our chapters so readers understand when the benefits of expanded media opportunities can shift to exploitation and abuse.
  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Home, School, and Community Influences on Children’s Lives

• Children’s Perceptions and Attitudes
• Age Levels and Influence
• Influence of Special-Interest Groups
• Understanding and Collaboration
• Summary and Review
• Suggested Activities and Questions
• Resources
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Chapter 2 Historical and Philosophical Perspectives

• Overview of Philosophical Viewpoints
• Historical Patterns
• Family as a Significant Educational Force
• Community as a Significant Educational Force
• Schools as a Significant Educational Force
• Forces Affecting Education in the Twenty-First Century
• Partnerships and Collaborations
• Children with Specific Needs
• Curriculum Emphasis on Diversity
• Summary and Review
• Suggested Activities and Questions
• Resources
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Chapter 3 Viewing Family Diversity

• Diverse Households are Commonplace in America
• Different Types of Family Groupings
• Social Factors Relating to Families
• Socioeconomic Status of Families
• Families with Children with Disabilities
• Religious Orientation
• Changes in Contemporary Families
• Summary and Review
• Suggested Activities and Questions
• Resources
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Chapter 4 Understanding Roles and Experiences of Parents

• Nurturance in Families
• Family Responsibilities
• Cultural Patterns and Family Functions
• Interaction Styles Within Families
• Experiences of Families
• Other Influences on Parenting
• Meeting the Challenges of Parenting
• Summary and Review
• Suggested Activities and Questions
• Resources
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Chapter 5 Meeting Child-Care Needs from Infancy Through School Age

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• History of Child Care
• Child-Care Issues in the United States Today
• Child-Care Arrangements
• Features of Quality Child Care
• Licensing Requirements and Voluntary Accreditation
• Meeting the Challenges Through Collaboration
• Summary and Review
• Suggested Activities and Questions
• Resources
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Chapter 6 Working With Families of Children with Disabilities

• Overview of Federal Special Education Laws
• Families Raising Children with Disabilities
• Children with Disabilities in School
• Community Support for Children with Disabilities
• Summary and Review
• Suggested Activities and Questions
• Resources
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Chapter 7 Protecting Children While Fostering Learning

• Learning Requires Safeguards
• Partnering with Parents to Nurture Children at Home
• Schools Nurture and Protect Children
• Community Responsibility
• Linking Responsibilities
• Summary and Review
• Suggested Activities and Questions
• Resources
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Chapter 8 Curriculum of the Home

• Homes Nurture Communication and Cognitive Skills
• Learning Values, Roles, and Responsibilities
• Learning from Physical Environments of the Home
• Family Practices and Home Learning
• Other Family Activities that Educate
• Grandparents Provide a Curriculum
• Home Schooling
• Summary and Review
• Suggested Activities and Questions
• Resources
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Chapter 9 Curriculum of the Community

• Community Configuration Affects Curriculum
• Social and Emotional Environments in a Community
• Physical Environments in a Community
• Interactions Among Community Agencies, Families and Schools
• Summary and Review
• Suggested Activities
• Resources
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Chapter 10 Establishing and Maintaining Collaborative Relationships

• Developing Welcoming Schools and Classrooms
• Establishing Ongoing Communication with Parents
• Parents in the Schools
• Working with Selected Families
• Handling Collaborative Relationships
• Community Involvement
• Summary and Review
• Suggested Activities and Questions
• Resources
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Chapter 11 Building

School

Partnerships with Families and Community Groups

• Levels of Involvement in Collaborations
• Components of Successful Change
• Program Models
• Features of Successful Collaborations
• Achieving Partnerships
• Summary and Review
• Suggested Activities and Questions
• Resources
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Appendix I Bibliography of Children’s Books

• Different Cultures
• Divorced Families
• Blended Families
• Single-Parent Household and Relationship with One Parent or Grandparents
• Adoptive Families
• Foster Care, Orphanages, and Shelters
• Multigenerational Households and Extended Families
• Gay and Lesbian Families
• Children, Family Members, and Friends with Special Needs
• Homeless Families
• Migrant Workers and Immigrants
• Religious Traditions
• Child Care
• Bullying and Intolerance
• Sexuality and Child Health
• Defining Families
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Appendix II NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment