The CRAF-E⁴ family engagement model : building practitioners' competence to work with diverse families /

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 unde...

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Main Authors: Iruka, Iheoma U. (Author), Curenton, Stephanie M. (Author), Eke, Winnie (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2014]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780124104679
0124104673
1306705363
9781306705363