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Build collaborative partnerships with families to help the whole family thrive. This book explores the reasons and methods for developing cooperative partnerships, along with tools and strategies to help build the support network for family-centered care. The new edition includes information on how to:
-Use technology to increase the effectiveness of communication with families
-Interact with a more diverse population
-Build your program for continued success.
This book offers a theoretical background on why it is important to talk with families and how to efficiently and effectively communicate observations and reflections. Overcome common challenges, and create more avenues to include families in your program.
Janis Keyser is a teacher, parent educator, program director, and speaker specializing in early childhood and family development. She currently teaches in the early childhood education department at Cabrillo College in California, and has been conducting workshops for parents and teachers for more than thirty-five years. Keyser has a masters degree in human development from Pacific Oaks College. She is the coauthor of Becoming the Parent You Want to Be.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Importance of Family-Teacher Partnerships
Chapter 2: Five Principles of Family-Centered Care
Chapter 3: Inspirations from Reggio Emilia: Looking at Family Centered Care Through Another Lens
Chapter 4: Effective Communication with Families: An Overview
Chapter 5: Daily Communication
Chapter 6: How Can Technology Support Family Centered Care?
Chapter 7: Challenges to Communication: Problems Affecting the
Child at Home or at School
Chapter 8: Challenges to Communication: Con?ict between
Family and Program
Chapter 9: Formal Communications: Documentation and Conferences
Chapter 10: Creating Successful Parent Meetings and Events
Chapter 11: Classroom Environments
Chapter 12: Curriculum in a Family-Centered Classroom
Chapter 13: Families as Teaching Partners at Home and at School
Chapter 14: Welcoming Families into the Partnership
Index