ERIC Number: EJ1254031
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jun
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1096-2506
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Using Family Projects to Promote Meaningful Home-School Partnerships in Inclusive Preschool Classrooms
Friesen, Amber; Mihai, Alina; Butera, Gretchen; Horn, Eva; Palmer, Susan; Lieber, Joan
Young Exceptional Children, v23 n2 p87-99 Jun 2020
The purpose of this article is to describe an approach that early educators can use to develop meaningful partnerships with families. Specifically, the authors describe their efforts to support teachers in developing home-school connections through a series of Family Projects that strengthened family-child relationships and created opportunities for families to gain knowledge to support their children's learning. They detail the context of the Family Projects, including the larger project in which this work was situated and the theoretical perspective that guided it. Furthermore, they describe the design and implementation of the Family Projects approach, including the process through which they gathered feedback from families to revise activities.
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Family School Relationship, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Preschool Education, Partnerships in Education, Family Programs, Family Characteristics, Family Influence, Program Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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