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Resources for Parents and FamiliesThere are currently 138 resources for Parents and Families in the NCPIE database. To order a resource, please contact its publishing organization. AARP Grandparent Information Center601 E Street NW Washington DC 20049 Voice: 800-424-3410 Fax: 202-434-6470 Web Address: www.aarp.org/grandparents/
Resource Title: Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren: What to Consider and Where to Find Help Price: Free Description: An online resource for grandparents who are sole caregivers for grandchildren. Resource Title: Parenting Grandchildren: A Voice for Grandparents Price: Free Description: A newsletter written to meet the needs of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren and professionals who serve them. Resource Title: Support Groups for Raising Grandchildren Price: Free Description: A web page dedicated to helping grandparents who are sole caregivers for their grandchildren join and form support groups. Resource Title: Welfare Reform and Your Family Price: Free Description: An examination of how welfare reform has affected grandparents raising grandchildren. American Federation of Teachers 555 New Jersey Avenue NWWashington DC 20001 Voice: 202-393-4272 Fax: 202-393-6371 Contact: Rosalind LaRocque Contact E-mail: rlarocqu@aft.org Web Address: www.aft.org
Resource Title: How Parents & Families Can Communicate Better With Teachers and School Staff Price: Free Description: Helping Your Child Succeed: The third in the Helping your Child Succeed series, this covers communications between parents and school staff. Resource Title: Helping Your Child Succeed: How Parents Can Work with Schools and Communities to Help their Children Meet High Standards Price: Free Description: The second in the Helping your Child Succeed series, this covers relations between the family and the community, with topics about monitoring your child's part time job, supporting zero tolerance for violence, etc. Resource Title: Helping Your Child Succeed: What Parents & Families Can Do at Home to Help their Children Meet High Standards Price: Free Description: The first in the Helping your Child Succeed pamphlet series, this offers tips to use at home to help children achieve success at school. America's Promise — The Alliance for Youth 909 N Washington StreetSuite 400 Alexandria VA 22314 Voice: 703-684-4500, 800-365-0153 x3835 Fax: 703-535-3900 Contact: Kris Minor Contact E-mail: KrisM@americaspromise.org Web Address: www.americaspromise.org
Resource Title: Communities of Promise Toolkit: "How to Become a Community of Promise" Price: Free Description: This toolkit contains information and resources on how to make your community a Community of Promise by increasing resources and opportunities for young people. The following guides are available: "Becoming a Community of Promise: Proven Strategies That Are Working," "Guide to Conducting a Needs Assessment," "Community of Promise Implementation Pack," "Neighborhood Planning Guide" and "City/County Planning Guide." Resource Title: Making a Difference -- Saving Our Kids Price: $12.00 Description: This 30-minute video features examples of how America's Promise commitment makers are keeping their promise to our nation's youth. Guests include: former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, General Powell, Janet Jackson, Carlos Santana, Oprah Winfrey, Rita Morena and Hugh O'Brien. Annenberg Institute for Social Reform 1640 Roxanna Road NWWashington DC 20012 Voice: 202-882-1582 Fax: 202-882-2138 Contact: Anne T. Henderson, Senior Consultant, Community Involvement Program Web Address: steinhardt.nyu.edu/iesp/
Resource Title: Demystifying the Data Price: Free Description: This information sheet is aimed at making NYC school data accessible and understandable. Each sheet is devoted to one issue (such as performance budgeting) and explains it in a jargon-free manner. Included in School Watch. Resource Title: School Watch Price: Free Description: This newsletter provides community groups with information on NYC public school performance and examples of school reform strategies in action. It purpose is to encourage more groups to become involved in school improvement. Published quarterly. Resource Title: Various Reports and Evaluation Studies Price: Free Description: Published evaluation studies on programs such as the cost-effectiveness of small schools, reorganizing NYC special education programs, and privatizing public schools. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development 1703 N BeauregardAlexandria VA 22311 Voice: 703-575-5610 Fax: 703-575-5408 Contact: Barbara Gleason Web Address: www.ascd.org
Resource Title: The Brain and Learning Price: $590.00 (Members $490.00). Author: Marian Diamond, Pat Wolfe, Eric Jensen, Geoffrey Caine, Robert Sylvester Description: Video Series. includes the videotape What Parents Need to Know. (ASCD video, 1998) Four 20- to 30-minute videotapes and a Facilitator's Guide. This video series explains how the brain functions and shows examples of elementary through high school classrooms where teachers are applying brain-based principles to enhance learning. It also encourages parents to become full partners in the effort to make education more brain friendly. Resource Title: Classroom Leadership and Classroom Leadership Online Price: Free online. Paper copies $3.00 each. Description: Classroom Leadership Online is the online sister publication of Classroom Leadership. It is published 9 times a year (monthly except January, June, and July) and is linked thematically to Educational Leadership, ASCD's magazine. Classroom Leadership Online is a free publication that helps readers explore education topics, as seen through teachers' eyes and heard through teachers' voices. Resource Title: How to Make Homework More Meaningful by Involving Parents Price: $95 (Members $79). Author: Joyce Epstein Description: (Video, 2001) This 15-minute videotape is part of ASCD's How-To video series. It demonstrates how to use homework to strengthen students' skills and make learning more meaningful. This video features assignments that help students establish regular schedules, and demonstrate and discuss what they've learned, strategies for initiating and encouraging family participation, and ways to follow-up assignments with class discussion and demonstration. Resource Title: InfoBrief Price: Individual copies are $4.50 each. Description: Published four times per year, ASCD Infobrief provides concise information on current education issues to administrators, teachers, families, policymakers, journalists, and others. Subscription is included in ASCD Premium membership. Resource Title: Parents As Partners in Schooling Price: $34.95 Description: ASCD's PD Online course is designed to help educators and parents understand they are equal partners in schooling and to provide resources that support effective parent involvement programs. The interactive, multimedia format allows you flexibility to develop your knowledge and skills at a time that fits your schedule. Course includes interactive lessons that have been specially designed for Web-based training. Each lesson is supplemented with extensive reading material and access to discussion groups. Center for Law and Education 1875 Connecticut Ave NWSuite 510 Washington DC 20009 Voice: 202-986-3000 Fax: 202-986-6648 Web Address: cleweb.org
Resource Title: Parents are Powerful Price: $2. Bulk orders available for as low as $1 per copy. Description: 32 pages. 1997. A full-color guide written for a general parent audience, it gives parents practical advice to guide their children from preschool through high school. It also informs them of their rights and what to expect from key federal programs like Title I, IDEA, and Vocational Education. Available in Spanish. Resource Title: Powerful Schools Handbook: Starting and Running a Collaborative School Improvement Program Price: $19.95 Description: 148 pp. This is a true grassroots guide to organizing in neighborhoods to make schools and communities stronger. It is based on the experience of four public elementary schools and several community groups in Seattle, Wash., but its message is universal. The Powerful Schools Handbook tells how to start an effort to improve student performance while building stronger communities; outlines fundraising and managing volunteers; describes family involvement and community involvement; and explains the role of community schools and their adult education programs in improving outcomes for children. It also includes samples of all the materials used by Powerful Schools. Published by One Court Street Press. Resource Title: Urgent Message for Parents Price: $3 single copy. See order form for discounts on multiple copies. Author: Anne Henderson, Anne Lewis, Kathy Boundy, Paul Weckstein, Larry Searcy Description: 16 pp. In English. 2000. This guide answers parents' questions about standards -- what do they mean for my child, what if my child didn't pass the test, how can I help my children learn what they need to know? It gives examples of high and low level student work, explains the difference between the new and the old tests, and tells how families can improve student achievement. This is an excellent resource for staff development, parent training and conferences. Center for Parent Leadership at the Prichard CommitteePO Box 1658 Lexington KY 40588-1658 Voice: 859-233-9849, ext. 227 Fax: 859-233-0760 Contact: Molly Toney Contact E-mail: mtoney@prichardcommittee.org Web Address: www.centerforparentleadership.org
Resource Title: The Case for Parent Leadership Price: $5 Author: Anne Henderson, Bonnie Jacob, Bev Raimondo, Adam Kernan-Schloss Description: This guide draws on research that dovuments the impact of parent involvement on student achievement. It includes exercises and talking points to help parents identify what role they want to play...from teacher to supporter to decision maker... and what kid of school their child attends, from fortress school to partnership school. Children's Aid Society 105 East 22nd StreetNew York NY 10010 Voice: 212-949-4800 Fax: 917-286-1580 Contact: Sarah Jonas, Director of Curriculum Contact E-mail: sarahj@childrensaidsociety.org Web Address: www.childrensaidsociety.org
Resource Title: Building A Community School Description: A description of the Children's Aid Society community school model and a workbook/guide on to how to start a community school in your own community. Resource Title: CAS News Price: Free Description: A newsletter for friends and supporters of the Children's Aid Society. Read about Children's Aid's amazing array of arts programs, the innovative Medicaid Enrollment project, and other society happenings. Communities in Schools, Inc. 277 South Washington StreetSuite 210 Alexandria VA 22314 Voice: 1-800-CIS-4KIDS (543) Fax: 703-519-7537 Contact: Bob Seidel Contact E-mail: siedelb@cisnet.org Web Address: www.cisnet.org
Resource Title: Annual Report Description: The CIS Annual Report, published once a year, showcases the organization’s mission; provides snapshots of successes at the state, local and family levels; summarizes the year’s accomplishments for both the national office and network; lists CIS affiliates, contributors, national board of directors and Leadership Council members; and offers extracted financials of the organization. The report should be crisp and professional in appearance, and appeal to potential corporate, government and individual funders. Resource Title: Network Report Description: The CIS Network Report, published once a year, compiles data for the previous school year which demonstrates the continued success of the CIS network. The report documents the ability of CIS to champion the connection of community resources in a manner that is cost-efficient, responsive and effective. The report also quantifies positive outcomes as a result of the organization’s helping young people successfully learn, stay in school and prepare for life. Council for Exceptional Children 1110 North Glebe Road#300 Arlington VA 22201 Voice: 800-224-6830 Fax: 703-620-4334 Contact: Deb Ziegler, Associate Executive Director Web Address: www.cec.sped.org
Resource Title: The ADD/ADHD Checklist: An Easy Reference for Parents & Teachers Price: $17.75 (CEC Members $16.00) Author: Sandra Rief Description: This upbeat and encouraging book presents the latest on ADD/ADHD in a fast-paced, concise format. Through a series of checklists the author first distills basic information on the condition-traits, diagnosis, treatment schemes, medication-then gives special information and advice to parents and teachers, presents academic and behavioral strategies, and explains resources available. A section on ADD/ADHD and the law (IDEA and 504) will be especially useful in explaining where a student with ADD/ADHD stands in terms of special education services. Resource Title: College Planning for Gifted Students, Second Edition, Revised Price: $24.00 (CEC Members $16.80) Author: Sandra L. Berger Description: Use this step-by-step guide for discovering the right fit between student and college. Helps students examine personal goals, values, and learning styles. Describes how to figure out what a college is really like. Revised edition includes information on how to get college planning information from the Internet. Resource Title: Kids with Special Needs: Information and Activities to Promote Awareness and Understanding Price: $16.95 Author: Veronica Getskow and Dee Konczal Description: A great sourcebook designed to help children-and adults-develop an understanding and empathy for individuals with disabilities. Pages of reproducible material provide simulations, games, and activities. Gives background on communicative, developmental, physical, and learning disabilities. Ideal for parents and teachers who want to understand more about inclusive classrooms, planning an IEP, and meeting their child's needs. Resource Title: Practical Ideas for Addressing Challenging Behaviors Price: $12.00 Description: This monograph shows how you can more effectively prevent, identify, and address challenging behaviors by taking a positive behavioral approach. Research-based strategies written in accessible language are accompanied by examples of how strategies are implemented in real-life situations in early childhood programs at home. Resource Title: Raising Your Child to Be Gifted: Successful Parents Speak! Price: $16.80 (CEC Members $11.76) Author: James Reed Campbell Resource Title: Secrets of Discipline for Parents and Teachers: 12 Keys for Raising Responsible Children Price: Book (#S5285) is $12.95, Video (#S5286) is $18.95. Set (#S5290) is $29.95 Author: Ronald G. Morrish Description: Find out why behavior management alone fails. Learn about teaching compliance, setting limits, developing good habits and encouraging good decision making. Learn the importance of planning and commitment. Especially helpful in working with children who have ADHD. Video features popular speaker Ron Morrish. Resource Title: Successfully Parenting Your Baby with Special Needs Price: $49.95 Description: This new video will both educate and encourage parents who are expecting or have given birth to a baby with special needs. Both parents and experts in the field of pediatrics explain early intervention. Compassionate testimonials from parents, grandparents, and professionals underscore the need to teach parents in utilizing the early intervention approach. The success stories of babies with special needs who are thriving as a result of early intervention offer inspiration and guidance. Resource Title: Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents Price: $17.75 (CEC Members $16.00) Author: Russell A. Barkley Description: A wise and compassionate book for parents and professionals that points the way toward a positive approach for managing children and youth with ADHD. Presents pioneering research that provides insight into preventing the disorder from becoming a major problem for family life. Provides suggestions on how to manage ADHD behavior in everyday situations. Presents information on a variety of medications. Resource Title: Teaching a Young Child to Read Price: $16.95 Author: Wood Smethhurst Description: Good instruction is good instruction is good instruction! And good reading instruction may prevent the need for special education placement for some children. This book was written for parents, but presents such solid, time-tested basic reading instruction methodology that any practitioner faced with beginning or non-readers should also have a copy. Although designed for use with children up to age 7, it is also useful for remediation for somewhat older children. In fact, the systematic phonics instruction can be adapted for any age. Devereux Foundation Devereux Early Childhood Initiative444 Devereux Drive Villanova PA 19085 Voice: 610-542-3109 Fax: 610-542-4468 Contact: Susan Damico, Director of Operations for the Devereux Early Childhood Initiative Contact E-mail: sdamico@devereux.org Web Address: www.devereuxearlychildhood.org
Resource Title: Devereux Early Childhood Assessment Price: $39.95 for 40 (English and Spanish available) Author: Paul LeBuffe and Jack Naglieri Description: The assessment tool is a standardized, norm-referenced, strength-based assessment of protective factors and resilience in preschool agend children. Parents and teachers both complete this assessment in order to better help each individualize and plan to help the child develop strong social/emotional skills. District Community Voices Organized and Informed for Change in Education (DC Voice) P.O. Box 73055Washington DC 20056 Voice: 202-986-8535 Fax: 202-238-0109 Contact: Erika Landberg, Senior Associate for Community Engagement Contact E-mail: elandberg@dcvoice.org Web Address: www.dcvoice.org
Resource Title: The Demand for Information for Educational Decision Making in the District of Columbia: A Public Discourse Price: Free on request; on Web site Author: Michele Moser, Heath Brown, Barbara Frank, George Washington University; Tahi Reynolds, Ph.D., Erika Landberg, Alyssa Alston, Samuel Rosaldo, DC VOICE Description: This report on the education information study conducted by DC VOICE and the Public Education Research Consortium (PERC) contains three sections: 1. Major findings from other states and districts with exemplary information systems 2. Washington DC survey and focus group results 3. Implications and recommendations. Both the full report and the abridged version, Information Please!, are available on the DC VOICE Web site. EPIC -- Every Person Influences Children, Inc. 1000 Main StreetBuffalo NY 14202 Voice: 716-332-4100 Fax: 716-332-4101 Contact: Vito Borrello Contact E-mail: borrellov@epicforchildren.org Web Address: www.epicforchildren.org
Resource Title: Parenting Resource Guides Price: $15.00 - $20.00 Description: EPIC Parenting Resource Guides are the perfect accompaniment to EPIC Parenting Workshops or as an additional resource for any parent/caregiver. Resource Guides are available for Parents of Infants & Toddlers, Young Children, and Young Adolescents. Resource Title: Ready, Set, Read Family Literacy Guide Price: $20.00 Description: This literacy guide will help parents learn simple techniques and activities to prepare their children for reading and increase their potential for academic success. Parents will learn about the language of literacy, how children learn to read, how words impact on their children's learning process, and how to engage their children in learning on a daily basis. Literacy Kits can also be purchased for $40.00. Kits include a variety of books, school supplies, and literacy activities in a child-sized backpack. Resource Title: Building Your Child's Success in School: Activity Book Price: $14.00 Description: This 80-page book is filled with easy, everyday activities for parents to do with their children (ages 4-10), building on the parent/child relationship, while encouraging reading, critical thinking, writing, and building good character, as well as fun science and math games. Families and Work Institute 330 Seventh AvenueNew York NY 10001 Voice: 212-465-2044 Fax: 212-465-8637 Contact: Ellen Galinsky Web Address: www.familiesandwork.org
Resource Title: Ask the Children Price: Paperback - Pub. #V99-01P $14.00, Hardcover - Pub. #V99-01 $25.00 Author: Ellen Galinsky Description: 1999. This study reveals surprising new facts and comprehensive practical ideas for the millions of mothers and fathers struggling to manage work and family life. Ask the Children is the first book to ask children what they really think about work, family, and many other topics. Parents will hear children's perceptions and opinions - both reassuring and insightful. Ellen Galinsky proposes a new conceptual model for understanding how work and family affect our lives. Resource Title: Community Mobilization: Strategies to Support Children and Their Families Price: $22.00 Pub. #C96-01. Author: Amy Laura Dombro, Nina Sazer O'Donnell, Ellen Galinsky, Sarah Gilkeson Melcher, and Abby Farber Description: 1996. 372 pages. This comprehensive guide will lead you through the practical steps needed to turn your vision for community-based action for children and families into reality. The book includes detailed descriptions of successful community collaborations around the country, as well as tips from the service providers, businesses, policy-makers and parents involved. A must for anyone working to create systemic change to improve the quality of services in his or her community. Family Friendly Schools 411 N. Main StreetGalax VA 24333 Voice: 800-890-7794 Fax: 276-236-9979 Contact: Sam Bartlett, CEO Web Address: www.familyfriendlyschools.com
Resource Title: Making Your School Family Friendly Price: $8.00 Author: Constantino, Steven M Description: Making Your School Family Friendly is specifically designed for high schools to understand the processess necessary to implement explicit family engagement programs to support the academic achievement of high school students. Resource Title: Take This Job and Love It! Price: $15.00 Author: King, Jerry Description: As a highly successful speaker, educator and author, Jerry King is known to educators as the “Attitude Doctor”. Jerry utilizes his unique and effective speaking style to motivate, inspire, and enrich the careers of educators around the country. His experience as a classroom teacher and school administrator enables him to effectively connect with his audience. He had been identified as one of “America’s Training Experts for Educators.” Jerry's most requested seminars are based on his wildly successful book: Take this Job and Love It: The 6 Dynamic Strategies of Successful Teaching. Harvard Family Research Project Longfellow Hall, Appian WayCambridge MA 02138 Voice: 617-495-9108 Fax: 617-495-8594 Contact: Margaret Caspe Web Address: www.hfrp.org
Resource Title: Early Childhood Digest: Families and Teachers as Partners Price: Free Author: Holly Kreider Description: March, 1998. Early Childhood Digest is a quarterly report on ways that families and schools can work together to help young children learn and grow. This issue provides information on what parents and teachers can do to work together more effectively. Resource Title: Early Childhood Digest: Family Involvement in Early Childhood Programs: How to choose the right program for your child Price: Free Author: Priscilla M.D. Little Description: May, 1998. This issue looks at what parent involvement is and how families and schools can choose early childhood programs that encourage family involvement. Hispanic Policy Development Project 122 East 42nd Street42nd Floor New York NY 10168 Voice: 202-822-8414 Contact: Siobhan O. Nicolau, President
Resource Title: Queridos padres, en los Estados Unidos la escuela es nuestra tambien Description: Parent booklets that contain empathetic messages in Spanish to U.S. Hispanic families explaining the importance of families in education and how families can work with the schools their children attend. Resource Title: You're a Parent . . . You're a Teacher, Too. Join the Education Team. Description: Parent booklets that contain empathetic messages in English to U.S. Hispanic families explaining the importance of families in education and how families can work with the schools their children attend. Massachusetts Parent Information and Resource Center Federation for Children with Special Needs1135 Tremont Street Boston MA 02120 Voice: 617-399-8344 Fax: 617-572-2094 Contact: Margaret C. O'Hare Contact E-mail: mcohare@fcsn.org Web Address: www.pplace.org
Resource Title: Parent-Teacher Conferences: Tips for Success Price: free Description: Parents' PLACE Bulletin helping families and schools communicate around specific needs of individual children. Available online in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Resource Title: Rights of English Language Learners Price: free Description: Parents' PLACE Pointers outlining the rights of English Language Learners and their families. Available online in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Resource Title: Setting A Strong Foundation for Learning Resource Price: free Description: Parents' PLACE Bulletin on how families of young children can lay a strong foundation for their children's success in school. Available online in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Resource Title: School Councils: Parents as Partners in School Decision Making Price: free Description: Parents' PLACE Bulletin outlining how parents can be actively involved in making decisions about their children's education and about their school program. Available online in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Resource Title: Working with the School to Help Your Child Learn: Tips for a Successful School Year Resource Price: free Description: Parents' PLACE Pointers describing how parents can partner with schools to help their children succeed. Available online in English, Spanish and Portuguese. MegaSkills Education Center of the Home and School Institute 1500 Massachusetts Ave NWSpecial Projects Office/Ste. 042 Washington DC 20005 Voice: 202-466-3633 Fax: 202-833-1400 Contact: Dorothy Rich, President Web Address: www.MegaSkillsHSI.org
Resource Title: Age and grade differentiated MegaSkills Books: new for 2003 Price: check with Institute for kit pricing Description: Age and grade differentiated MegaSkills Books new for 2003: Preschool MegaSkills Early Elementary MegaSkills Upper Elementary MegaSkills Middle School MegaSKills School-Home Connections Administrator Guide National Association of Elementary School Principals 1615 Duke StreetAlexandria VA 22314 Voice: 703-684-3345 Fax: 703-548-6021 Contact: Raven Padgett, Director of Communications and Public Information Contact E-mail: rpadgett@naesp.org Web Address: www.naesp.org
Resource Title: Raising a Reader: Advice to Parents of Young Readers Price: NAESP member: $12.00; non-member: $16.00. Sold in packages of 25. Description: National Association of Elementary School Principals and World Book Educational Products Answers to the questions parents ask educators. Reading is the tool a child needs most at school, and it is essential for success in nearly every job or career. This practical booklet offers good ideas and encouragement to parents who want to make reading a priority. Topics include:
Resource Title: ABC’s of Effective Parent Communication Price: $26.95 Author: by Dyan Hershman and Emma McDonald Description: Principals understand the importance of working closely with parents to ensure student success. This book gives you concrete guidelines on every aspect of communicating with parents, including making initial contact with parents, staying in touch with phone calls, e-mails, and conferences, talking about student behavior and academic progress, and keeping parents involved as volunteers, tutors and chaperones at events. A great resource for all administrators! Resource Title: Strengthening the Connection between School and Home Price: $26.95 Author: NAESP in cooperation with Educational Research Service Description: Principals play a key role in promoting a strong partnership between a school and its families and in the empowerment of parents to positively affect the education of their children. This book tells you how to give parents that power, as you strengthen the connection between home and school. National Association of School Psychologists 4340 East West HighwaySuite 402 Bethesda MD 20814 Voice: 301-657-0270 Fax: 301-657-0275 Web Address: www.nasponline.org
Resource Title: Communique For Parents Description: NASP's Newsletter for parents. Includes articles on Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), social skills and grade retention. National Association of Secondary School Principals 1904 Association DriveReston VA 20191-1537 Voice: 703-860-0200 Fax: 703-476-5432 Contact: Josephine Franklin Contact E-mail: franklinj@principals.org Web Address: www.principals.org
Resource Title: NASSP Bulletin Description: Published in cooperation with Sage Publications, this award-winning scholarly journal drives the thinking of secondary school leaders. A peer-reviewed journal, NASSP Bulletin is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. Resource Title: E-Newsletters: Principal's Update & Middle Level Leader Resource Description: Principal's Update & Middle Level Leader are free electronic newsletters. These newsletters update school leaders on the latest developments in federal education policy and school law, education news from around the nation, and NASSP's efforts to support principals nationwide. National Association of State Boards of Education NASBE Policy Clearinghouse1012 Cameron Street Alexandria VA 22314 Voice: 703-684-4000 Fax: 703-836-2313 Web Address: www.nasbe.org
Resource Title: Winning Ways: Creating Inclusive Schools, Classrooms, and Communities Price: $12.00 Description: 1995, 48 pp. This follow-up report to Winners All takes an in-depth look at the roles a variety of groups and organizations (including teachers, parents, board members, administrators, and higher education) can play in promoting inclusive education. Based on individual interviews and focus group discussions with people actually involved in creating inclusive educational settings, Winning Ways provides each group with recommendations, strategies for action, and pitfalls to be avoided. National Center for Education and the Economy 700 11th Street NWSuite 750 Washington DC 20001 Voice: 202-783-3668 Fax: 202-783-3672 Web Address: www.ncee.org
Resource Title: For Our Children: A Parent's Guide to New Standards Price: Free Description: Most Americans, particularly parents, believe that the expectations, or standards, that schools hold for our children are too low. Research, common sense and experience show us that raising expectations -- setting higher standards -- helps our children learn more. Research shows that students learn more when expectations are higher. The following pages illustrate how New Standards taps that desire to learn and helps children like yours live up to their academic promise. Resource Title: New Standards® Primary Literacy Standards Price: $45.00 Description: The New Standards Primary Literacy Standards give teachers and parents examples of the kind of reading and writing that children should be able to do in kindergarten through 3rd grade. Drawn from real classrooms, these work samples even include a CD-ROM of recordings of children reading specially identified books that allow adults to rate their progress against the standards. The New Standards Primary Literacy Standards are an unprecedented set of grade-by-grade expectations in reading and writing for students in kindergarten through 3rd grade. They state what primary grade students should know and be able to do, and how well they should be able to perform. The Primary Literacy Standards challenge traditional classroom practice by giving equal weight to the teaching of reading and writing, linking the skills in one to the other. Resource Title: What Parents Need to Know About Reading and Writing Price: $3.00 Description: Parents want to help their children become better readers and writers. To be able to do this, parents have to know what the standards are and how good is good enough when it comes to reading and writing in the primary grades. To help parents, New StandardsTM has created a clearly written and vividly illustrated handbook for parents. What parents need to know about reading & writing provides examples of what books children should be reading and samples of how they should be writing for grades kindergarten through third grade. At each grade level, the handbook provides tips that can help children meet their grade level expectations. These tips are displayed as a convenient, tear-out poster at the back of the handbook. With the information in this handbook, parents can make reading and writing a fun family experience. This handbook is a companion to the award-winning Reading & Writing: grade by grade — primary literacy standards for kindergarten through third grade Resource Title: Thinking for a Living – Education and the Wealth of Nations Author: Ray Marshall and Marc Tucker Description: You'll immediately understand how this groundbreaking book found its way to the top of the most influential American policymaker's reading lists - including President Bill Clinton's, who recommended the book to his entire staff. Why the widespread popularity? Because authors Ray Marshall and National Center on Education and the Economy President Marc Tucker present the most timely and compelling report available on the current state of our education system, and the enormous chasm that needs to be crossed between our students' preparedness and their abilities to function in a new economy. The need for education reform is real, the timeline is urgent, and the necessity for families, communities, and businesses to maximize the skills of future workers will never have a greater impact on our quality of life. National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main StreetSuite 300 Louisville KY 40202 Voice: 502-584-1133 x134 Fax: 502-584-0172 Contact: Brenda W. Logan, Director School Reform Initiatives Contact E-mail: blogan@famlit.org Web Address: www.famlit.org
Resource Title: Training Price: See Website Description: The National Center for Family Literacy is the premiere organization for the delivery of family literacy training. Emphasizing the most recent language and literacy research, our training distills proven methods into practical solutions. Resource Title: PACT Time in the Elementary School Video Kit Price: $75 Description: PACT Time in the Elementary School Video Kit This video kit provides teachers and/or parents the opportunity to see PACT Time for school-age children (ages 5-12)in action. The kit includes one 12-minute video, one facilitator's guide, 10 participants' manuals, and 20 completion certificates. It is designed to facilitate both an overview training session and a more in-depth training session for those who are interested in implementing interactive literacy activities with parents and children in the elementary school setting. (2001) Resource Title: Pathways: A Primer for Family Literacy Program Design and Development Price: $21 Description: This practical guide traces the steps for starting and maintaining a quality family literacy program, from initial community assessment to strategies for success that include evaluation, recruitment and retention, and raising public awareness. The book offers insights to program planning based on 10 years experience in family literacy implementation and training. Resource Title: Recruitment and Retention for Family Literacy Programs Kit Price: $55 Description: Tools, resources and guidance that every literacy program needs. This kit includes a guidebook filled with straightforward ideas for engaging adult students and keeping them motivated. National Community Education Association 3929 Old Lee HighwaySuite 91-A Fairfax VA 22030 Voice: 703-359-8973 Fax: 703-359-0972 Contact: Beth Robertson Contact E-mail: brobertson@ncea.com Web Address: www.ncea.com
Resource Title: Reforming Public Schools through Community Education Price: 1–9 copies: $24.95, 10+ copies: $19.96 Author: Jack D. Minzey and Clyde E. LeTarte Description: Authors Jack Minzey and Clyde LeTarte offer an up-to-date analysis of the status of education today, with a prescription for hope and a method for action through community education. Minzey and LeTarte clearly explain community education in practice and philosophy and show how community education is the framework for creating learning communities called for in virtually every reform effort. National Crime Prevention Council 1000 Connecticut Ave., NWThirteenth Floor Washington DC 20036 Voice: 202-261-4160 Fax: 202-296-1356 Contact: Meghan Sharp, Program Manager Contact E-mail: msharp@ncpc.org Web Address: www.ncpc.org
Resource Title: Be Safe and Sound - School Safety Resources Price: Free Description: NCPC's Be Safe & Sound campaign is an effort to get parents and caregivers involved in increasing the safety and security of their children’s schools. To that end, NCPC has produced two resources: "Caregivers’ Guide to School Safety and Security," and "School Safety and Security Toolkit: A Guide for Parents, Schools, and Communities." Visit www.ncpc.org/besafe for more information and to sign up for our newsletter. National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) Academy for Educational Development1825 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 700 Washington DC 20009 Voice: 800-695-0285, 202-884-8200 TTY: 202-884-8200 Fax: 202-884-8441 Web Address: www.nichcy.org
Resource Title: Questions Often Asked by Parents About Special Education Services (LG1) Description: Available also in Spanish (LG1SP) 4th Edition, 1999, 12 pages First copy is free. Additional copies $2.00 each. Publication is available full text on line at no cost. This publication is written primarily to help parents learn about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and how students with disabilities access special education and related services. Resource Title: Your Child's Evaluation (BP1) Description: Available in Spanish (BP1SP) 1999, 4 pages. First copy free. Additional copies $2.00 each. Publication is available full text on line at no cost. Want to know what steps the school system will use to evaluate your child to determine if he or she has a disability and is eligible for special education? This document describes the evaluation process in easy-to-understand terms. Resource Title: NICHCY Publications Catalog (GR8) Description: Available in Spanish. (GR8SP) 2001. Free. This is a catalog of all NICHCY materials. Each publication is described and an order form is attached. National Fatherhood Initiative 101 Lake Forest BoulevardSuite 360 Gaithersburg MD 20877 Voice: 301-948-0599 Fax: 301-948-4325 Web Address: www.fatherhood.org
Resource Title: The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children: Parenting from the Heart Price: $12.00 Author: Steven W. Vannoy, Fireside Press Description: The 10 Greatest Gifts project is dedicated to taking the struggle out of parenting and putting the joy back in. Its goal is to help families create their own unique family vision along with a working, proactive plan to nurture and fulfill this vision. Resource Title: Coaching for Fatherhood Price: $13.95 Author: Lewis Epstein, New Horizon Press Description: Coaching for Fatherhood outlines a step by step method to revitalize fatherhood, utilizing family histories and participants. It expands men's visions of themselves and the families that formed them. Through it, men can learn to actively participate in their present families, develop a stronger sense of themselves, and become truly involved in their children's lives. Resource Title: Complete Smart Dads Toolkit Price: $39.95 Author: Paul Lewis, Family University Description: Fathers in the 90s are waking up ... to their unique contributions to child development ... to the rewards of being much more than banker and disciplinarian! This Complete Smart Dads Toolkit provides the balanced mix of practical strategies, tools and creative techniques to give your child a powerful legacy of love and support. Seven items included in the convenient storage case are: Terrific Tips for Dads, day to day ways to instill fifteen important skills, attitudes and values in toddlers through teenagers; Dad Plan Quick Reference Playbook, 64 pages of planning sheets, resources for effective family meetings, chores, action plans and more; Five Key Habits Key Ring; "Quick Talk" Conversation-Starter Cards, 45 quick reference guides to launch a great conversation at mealtimes, bedtimes or drive-times with your child; Climb and Repel, a game to build the dad/child relationship; Dad Trax, a cassette of ten segments of fathering tips for "drive-time" listening; and, Five Key Habits of Smart Dads cassette (see description later in the While Supplies Last section). Resource Title: The Fatherhood Movement: A Call to Action Price: $60.00 Author: Wade F. Horn, Ph.D., David Blankenthorn, and Mitch Perlstein, Lexington Books Description: The fatherhood movement has established itself as the most innovative and effective response to the most daunting crisis facing American families. Written by the movement's founders, The Fatherhood Movement illustrates methods for reconnecting men with their children and restoring the fragile bonds that hold our society together. This book provides valuable insights into the historical, social, economic and spiritual dimensions of the "disappearance" of fathers from society. Reflecting the complex nature of this problem, the contributors include activists, politicians, public intellectuals, and academics from a broad range of disciplines. They not only identify the root causes of the widespread withdrawal of fathers from their family life, but also offer specific remedies on individual, local, and national levels. This book is a timely and important contribution to a topic of growing concern to all Americans. Resource Title: Fatherhood Today Price: Free Description: Fatherhood Today, the National Fatherhood Initiative's quarterly newsletter, updates members and friends about the activities and progress of NFI in addition to providing informed discussion on a wide range of issues dealing with fathers, fatherhood, and the fatherhood renewal movement. Resource Title: Father Involvement: For Such a Time as This Price: $7.50 Author: Ron J. Clark, MPP Description: Filled with valuable lessons and tips for individual fathers and for professionals who work with them, this book offers an effective tool in today's quest to improve father involvement. A happily married, proud father of two sons, Clark is the Director of the Virginia Fatherhood Campaign and has worked as a consultant to several private and public youth and family service agencies across the nation. Resource Title: Multicultural Counseling With Teenage Fathers Price: $29.95 Author: Mark S. Kiselica, Sage Publications Description: An up-to-date and in-depth guide for dealing with teenage fathers, this volume provides a framework for responding to not only the general but also the culturally specific needs of any given unwed teen father. Offering perceptive solutions, the author significantly contributes to the existing literature on how to help teenage men who face unplanned, out-of-wedlock fatherhood by providing clear and concise guidance within the web of legal, family and personal issues surrounding teenage fatherhood. The book examines the role of the teenage father's relationships - to his parents, his child, the mother of his child and her parents, and his peers - as they relate to his adjustment and changing worldview. While sensitive to cultural considerations, Multicultural Counseling with Teenage Fathers illuminates ways in which to encourage teenage fathers to take control of their lives and act responsibly regardless of cultural background. Resource Title: Parents as Mentors Price: $14.00 Author: Sandra Burt & Linda Perlis Description: An exciting new way to approach parenting that will make a magical difference in a child's life. Parents as Mentors is not just another parenting book. It is a book that will help every mother and father succeed in the most important undertaking of their lives: shaping the life of their child. This positive and reassuring guide answers many common parenting questions with sensitivity and authority, drawing from the most enduring concepts in research and theory as well as the authors' 27 years of practical parenting. In this hectic age, this book illustrates the most effective ways parents and children can maximize their limited time. The authors provide a plan on how to develop a child's full potential simply by learning to identify, affirm, and develop his or her natural talents and abilities. Resource Title: Playing to Learn Brochures: Activities for Parents and Children Price: $4.00 Description: These offer a collection of creative, colorful child development brochures packed with activities and ideas that promote the joys of parent-child interaction. The brochures are written and organized in a clear, respectful, approachable style, and suggest creative playthings that are easily located and cost little or nothing. They are useful for parents with varied reading abilities, resources and backgrounds. Set of 4 brochures (Birth to Six Months, Six to Twelve Months, One to Three Years, Three to Five Years). Also available in Spanish. Resource Title: Responsible Men, Responsible Fathers: Curriculum Price: The curriculum is available in two formats: a two-day train-the-trainer workshop for up to 25 professionals ($1000 plus expenses); or purchase the curriculum alone for $35.00. Author: Randell D. Turner, Ph.D. & Neil Tift Description: This is a 12-module parent education curriculum for fathers and men with limited literacy skills. National Head Start Association 1651 Prince StAlexandria VA 22314 Voice: 703-739-0875 Fax: 703-739-0878 Web Address: www.nhsa.org
Resource Title: Parent's Guide After Head Start: Success in Public School Price: $4 for non-members, $2 for members. Discounts available if you buy in bulk. Description: This guide offers easy, practical, common sense steps to help parents and students make the transition from Head Start to public schools . Checklists guide parents through the multiple steps of transition, from meeting the new teacher to becoming involved with the parent-teacher association. In English and Spanish. National Middle School Association 4151 Executive ParkwaySuite 300 Westerville OH 43081 Voice: 800-528-NMSA Fax: 614-895-4750 Contact: Betty Edwards, Executive Director Contact E-mail: bedwards@nmsa.org Web Address: www.nmsa.org
Resource Title: This We Believe: Successful Schools for Young Adolescents Author: National Middle School Association Description: This new, expanded edition of our association's position paper must be read thoughtfully by every middle level educator, policymaker, parent, and anyone interested in the best thinking about Successful Schools for Young Adolescents, the very apt sub-title. Presenting a vision of a developmentally responsive middle school, this resource opens with a section on the importance of middle level education from the point of view of young adolescents and our changing society. This is followed by the heart of the document, an elaboration of the 14 characteristics of successful middle schools. A Call to Action then provides specific suggestions for using this document as a tool to improve middle level schools. An important concluding feature of This We Believe is a completely rewritten section of the characteristics of young adolescents, prepared by noted scholar, Dr. Peter Scales of the Search Institute. The new This We Believe is truly a significant document that should be read and studies widely and used in every middle school. National Network of Partnership Schools Johns Hopkins University3505 North Charles Street Baltimore MD 21218 Voice: 410-516-8807 Fax: 410-516-8890 Contact: Joyce Epstein Web Address: www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/
Resource Title: Reprints of Research and Practice Recommendations Price: Prices range from $.50 to $8. Description: The Center makes available a large number of articles and reprints from other magazines and publications on topics ranging from research on partnership development to surveys of existing practices. National Parent Teacher Association 1400 L St NWSuite 300 Washington DC 20005 Voice: 202-289-6790 Fax: 202-289-6791 Contact: Sheri Johnson, Director of Programs Contact E-mail: sjohnson@pta.org Web Address: www.pta.org
Resource Title: Building Successful Partnerships: National PTA's Parent Involvement Initiative Price: $18.95 Description: Schools with strong parent involvement programs experience profound benefits for students, parents, teachers, and administrators. Research shows that when parents are involved in students' education, those students generally have higher grades and test scores, better attendance, and more consistently completed homework. Building Successful Partnerships is a multifaceted program focused on increasing awareness and implementation of the National Standards for Parent /Family Involvement Programs. This implementation guidebook is a comprehensive resource for parents, educators, communities, schools, designed to provide the foundation for developing a quality parent involvement program. Resource Title: National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Booklet Description: Voluntary guidelines to strengthen parent and family involvement on behalf of children in schools and other programs. The six standards and their quality indicators provide PTAs, schools, and communities with the components that are needed for highly effective parent/family involvement programs. Resource Title: Our Children Price: $10 (Members), $20 (Non-Members) Description: The official magazine of National PTA. Published bimonthly, it provides information and ideas on how to make households, neighborhoods, schools, and communities better places for children. Our Children offers a variety of exciting new features and columns, including "Our PTA," a special center section devoted entirely to the work of parents and PTAs across the country, "What's Happening in Washington," information on how to help adults advocate on behalf of children, "Chalkboard," stories told from the perspective of educators, and "Frontlines," the latest news, facts, and people affecting children and youth. Resource Title: Parents Guide to the Information Superhighway Price: $5.00 Description: Offers a simple step-by-step introduction to parenting in the online world. This guide is a starter "tool kit" to introduce parents to technology in an online world and provide some tools and rules for use with children at home, at school, and in the community. Developed in conjunction with National PTA and the National Urban League, with advisors including the American Library Association. National ParentNet Association P. O. Box 11609Bainbridge Island WA 98110 Voice: 866-770-4750 Contact: Marilyn Price-Mitchell Contact E-mail: info@parentinvolvementmatters.org Web Address: www.parentinvolvementmatters.org
Resource Title: ParentNet Starter Kit Price: $149.00 Author: Marilyn Price-Mitchell & Susan Grijalva Description: The essential reference tool for schools and trainers using or considering ParentNet, the Starter Kit includes step-by-step resources, ParentNet Volunteer Handbook, Training Manual, ParentNet DVD, brochure, and sample marketing materials. Other materials to support ParentNet are also available at the website. Resource Title: ParentNet Promotional Materials Price: Free online Description: Numerous materials to support ParentNet at your school, including newsletter articles, volunteer recognition ideas, ParentNet Forum design, Parent Contract, grant writing resources, etc. Go to “ParentNet Central” at website. National School Boards Association 1680 Duke StreetAlexandria VA 22314 Voice: 703-838-6722 Fax: 703-683-7590 Contact: Aaron Dorsey, Project Manager Contact E-mail: adorsey@nsba.org Web Address: www.nsba.org
Resource Title: Communities Count: A School Board Guide to Public Engagement Price: $20.00 Author: Michael A. Resnick Description: This publication guides school board members through the community engagement process and includes help in understanding the rationale, the benefits, and the concerns that are part of the process of convening the community. Although the specifics of community engagement will be unique for every community, experience shows that success is based on some common principles, a good plan, and continous work. Resource Title: Safe Schools, Safe Communities Price: $25.00 Author: Julie E. Lewis, Dean Pickett, Janet L. Pulliam, Richard A. Schwartz, Anne-Marie St. Germaine, Julie Underwood, and Jay Worona Description: Emphasizing the need for cooperation to prevent and respond to violence at school, this book examines how schools and communities can work together to make our schools safe. Among the topics discussed are the need to balance school safety needs and the rights of individual students, how to deal with threats of violence, the role of the school attorney in response to violence, and how to work with the media in times of crisis. National Urban League 120 Wall StreetNew York NY 10005 Voice: 212-558-5300 Fax: 212-344-5332 Contact: Deirdre Jackson Contact E-mail: djackson@nul.org Web Address: www.nul.org
Resource Title: Read & Rise Magazine Price: FREE - While Supplies Last Author: NUL & Scholastic Description: As a publication, the magazine is primarily targeted to African-American children, ages 3-5 and promotes a pride of heritage while introducing young children to basic concepts that are important tools for reading and literacy development. Through a variety of stories, poems and other activities, parents and caregivers have the opportunity to explore concepts of print with young children, helping them to develop phonemic and phonological awareness and gain a fundamental understanding of the alphabet. It also provides research-based information on the range of practical ways parents can foster their children’s reading and literacy development, in easy-to-understand language, while providing them with ideas for games and activities that they can do with their children. Designed to be fun as well as educational, the magazine also offers an introduction to the world at large, from stories about nature and science, to whimsical pieces about people in the neighborhood. Resource Title: Read & Rise: Preparing Our Children For A Lifetime of Success Price: FREE - While Supplies Last Author: NUL & Scholastic Description: Read and Rise is a resource guide that offers research-based information and practical tips to help you engage your child in reading and literacy-building activities. The guide is divided by age and grade. Each section includes: An Introduction, where you will find brief, research-based information on the common literacy behaviors by age and grade. A list of Milestones, important literacy goals that your child should be able to achieve at each age and by the end of each grade. Try This!, ideas and activities that can help you help your child gain the skills needed to become a successful reader. And Book Nook, which presents five basic features to look for when choosing books for your child. PACER Center, Inc. 8161 Normandale BoulevardMinneapolis MN 55437 Voice: 952-838-9000 TTY: 952-838-0190 Fax: 952-838-0199 Contact: Paula F. Goldberg, Executive Director Contact E-mail: pgoldberg@pacer.org Web Address: www.pacer.org
Resource Title: PACER Publication Catalog Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc. 2228 Ball DriveSt Louis MO 63146 Voice: 314-432-4330 Fax: 314-432-8963 Web Address: www.patnc.org
Resource Title: Evaluations of PAT Child Outcomes: Kindergarten Readiness and Beyond Price: Free Description: The Missouri School Entry Assessment Project is a comprehensive early childhood assessment effort designed to gather information about what young children who enter Missouri's public kindergartens know and can do and to relate this information to their prekindergarten school experiences. Findings from the 1998 school readiness assessment project involving 3,500 kindergarteners in Missouri show that Parents as Teachers achieves its goal of preparing children for success in school. Resource Title: Parenting Tips to Promote Intellectual Development Price: Free Description: A series of tips about ways to raise your children that will promote neural and intellectual development, from pre-natal till pre-school age. The basic assumption is that the learning that takes place in the first years of a child's life will make a significant difference in the child's development later. Resource Title: Statewide Implementation of PAT in Missouri: Outcomes at Age Three and in Early Elementary School Price: Free Description: Results of the a study that followed 380 Missouri families involved in the Parents as Teachers curriculum, and found that these children tested above average in language, problem-solving and other intellectual abilities, and social development than comparison children. Parents for Public Schools 3252 N. State StreetJackson MS 39216 Voice: 800-880-1222 OR 601-713-3229 Fax: 601-713-3099 Contact E-mail: ppschapter@parents4publicschools.com Web Address: www.parents4publicschools.com
Resource Title: Parent Press Description: A quarterly newsletter focused on issues relevant to grassroots advocates for public schools. Free to all PPS chapter and national members. Resource Title: PPS Chapter Manual: A comprehensive and practical guide to organizing and sustaining a community-based organization Description: The manual includes successful activity ideas and samples from PPS chapters across the country, i.e. publicity, school governance, school tours, site-based management, special events, realtor relations, business networks, and recruitment for enrollment. Free to all emerging chapters. Resource Title: Quick Start Kit for Parents for Public Schools Description: A step-by-step process for PPS affiliation, which includes all necessary incorporation documents that will endow chapters with non-profit status and affiliate the chapter with the national organization.Free to all emerging chapters. Resource Title: Tool Kits for Parents for Public Schools Description: A compilation of best practices from PPS chapters across the country. Topics include: school bond issues, site based management, school recruitment, etc. Free to all chapters and chapter members. Parent-U-Turn 9711 San Gabriel AvenueSouth Gate CA 90280 Voice: 323-564-6545 Fax: 323-564-8541 Contact: Mary Johnson / Founder Contact E-mail: l.johnson8@worldnet.att.net Web Address: www.teachingToChangeLA.org
Resource Title: Parent Survioral Guide Price: $20.00 Author: Parent-U-Turn Description: Parents Survioral Guide is recommend for parents of children k-12 grades. The booklet is a mapp for parents on the school structure and how to get their children "Beyond High School to University. Parent Survioral Guide cover such topics, college preparation, scholarhips/grants available for undocument immigrants and Afro-American students. Others topics include ABC"S for students success, Special Education, How to work within the school structure and what each department roles in students acheivement. Parents Survioral Guide is translate in both English and Spanish. Poverty and Race Research Action Council 1015 15th St. NW#400 Washington DC 20005 Voice: 202-906-8024 Fax: 202-387-0764 Contact: Philip Tegeler Contact E-mail: ptegeler@aol.com Web Address: www.prrac.org
Resource Title: Poverty & Race Newsletter Price: Print subscriptions are $25 per year, $45 for two years. Author: Chester Hartman, Editor Description: This 20-28 page bi-monthly newsletter journal is designed as a forum for communicating news and ideas within the network of researchers and advocates working on race and poverty issues. Reports the results of PRRAC-sponsored research, the advocacy work that research has assisted and other relevant news. Each issue lists in the Resources Section 100-200 recent reports and studies on race/poverty issues. Project for School Innovation 197A Center St.Dorchester MA 02124 Voice: 617-825-0703 Fax: 617-474-1103 Web Address: www.psinnovation.org
Resource Title: Including Every Parent: A How-To Guide for Engaging and Empowering Parents at Your School Price: $22.95 Author: collectively written by teachers and parents from the school Description: In the 2002-03 school year, PSI worked with a team of teachers and parents from the Patrick O'Hearn School in Dorchester, Massachusetts to explore and document the school's effective parent involvement practices--close to 100% of parents are involved at the O'Hearn in some way. In the how-to book, "Including Every Parent," teachers, administrators, and parents can find a variety of specific strategies for encouraging parents to be present at school, participating in school events, partnering in their children's education, and empowered to lead their own initiatives for school improvement. Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. ® 1825 Connecticut Avenue NWSuite 400 Washington DC 20009 Voice: 202-287-3220, 877-RIF-READ Fax: 202-287-3196 Contact: Corrie Fisher, Senior Program Specialist Web Address: www.rif.org
Resource Title: Becoming A Family of Readers Description: This video features parents and their children modeling book sharing and encouraging viewers to become involved in family literacy programs. Co-produced by RIF® and Literacy Volunteers of America. Resource Title: Helping Your Children Become Readers Description: This flyer features ten reading tips in easy-to-read language. Available in English and Spanish. Purchase includes RIF's permission to duplicate and distribute unlimited copies, so long as they are free of charge. Resource Title: Parent Brochures from Reading is Fundamental, Inc. Description: These pocket-size items are for parents who want their children to grow up reading. Titles include Choosing Good Books For Children; Family Storytelling; Reading Aloud to your Children and Summertime Reading. Reading Rockets WETA Learning Media2775 S. Quincy Street Arlington VA 22206 Voice: 703-998-2001 Fax: 703-998-2060 Contact: Tina Chovanec Contact E-mail: tchovanec@weta.com Web Address: www.readingrockets.org
Resource Title: www.readingrockets.org Price: free Description: The Reading Rockets website includes a comprehensive library of current articles and research about reading, free e-newsletters, daily news service, blogs, and an extensive collection of streaming online video and downloadable podcasts. The multimedia library includes: Meet the Author, exclusive interviews with top children's book authors and illustrators; Watch & Learn, classroom activities showing best practices in teaching reading and writing; Meet the Experts, which addresses topics such as early literacy development, dyslexia, phonics, and writing; and professional development webcasts featuring top literacy experts. The website also provides streaming video from the PBS Launching Young Readers television series. Resource Title: LD OnLine Price: free Description: LD OnLine provides accurate information about learning disabilities and ADHD to over 200,000 people each month. The site features hundreds of helpful articles, multimedia, first person essays and children’s writing and artwork. Monthly advice columns by noted experts, active forums, a comprehensive resource directory, and a Yellow Pages referral directory help parents, teachers, and people with learning disabilities decide what to do. A free monthly e-newsletter is available. RMC Research 1815 N. Ft. Myer DriveSuite 800 Arlington VA 22209 Voice: 703-558-4800 Fax: 703-558-4823 Contact: Bob Witherspoon Web Address: www.rmcresearchcorporation.com
Resource Title: 7 Themes: Parent, Family, and Community Involvement in the Middle Grades Price: Free Description: Parent, family, and community involvement in the middle grades is changing due to educational restructuring and reform. Read about some promising practices and successful models in this booklet. Resource Title: How Families Teach, Support, Learn and Make Decisions Price: Free Description: Parents are the central contributor to their children's education. Every parent wants their children to be successful in school but often doesn't have the time or the understanding given recent changes in education. Consider these ideas for using the many talents families have to give children the chance to do the best they can in school. Resource Title: Parents Ask About... Price: Free Description: Not sure what to ask about when you visit your child's Title I or classroom teacher? You're not alone. Title I can be a complicated subject. Reading through these five parent brochures will help you better understand Title I and what it means to be a parent of a Title I student. School Family Media, Inc. 100 Stonewall BlvdSuite 3 Wrentham MA 02093 Voice: 800-644-3561 Contact: Tim Sullivan Contact E-mail: tsullivan@schoolfamilymedia.com Web Address: www.schoolfamilymedia.com
Resource Title: PTO Today magazine Price: Free to K-8 schools Description: Our print magazine for K-8 PTO and PTA leaders, PTO Today is mailed 7 times per year to every K-8 in The U.S. Content focuses on helping PTO and PTA leaders do their important work more effectively. Resource Title: www.schoolfamilymedia.com Price: free Description: Our comprehensive website focused on helping school parents provide the best environment for their young students to excel. Expert content and outside resources are corralled to help parents navigate the sometimes-difficult waters of getting school "right" for their families and their kids. Resource Title: School Family Nights Price: free Description: Complete toolkits for helping PTO and PTA groups stage successful family nights at their schools. These types of nights -- often with an academic bent and always with a focus on welcoming in school families in a fun atmosphere -- are great building blocks for long-term, even deeper involvement. Resource Title: School Family Nights Price: Free Description: Ready-made guidebooks and toolkits for hosting high-appeal involvement evenings at school. How-to instructions, posters, letters home, etc. Study Circles Resource Center A Project of The Paul J. Aicher Foundation697 Pomfret Street PO Box 203 Pomfret CT 06258 Voice: 860-928-2616 Fax: 860-928-3713 Contact: vL. (Sally) Campbell, Senior Program Director Contact E-mail: sallyc@studycircles.org Web Address: www.studycircles.org
Resource Title: Where a diverse community comes together to make schools better for all Price: $1.50 print copy Description: In a school district of more than 140,000 students with 160 nationalities represented, study circles provide a bridge for Montgomery County Public Schools to reach out to people of all backgrounds, and a way for schools and community to work together to improve education for all students. (2006) Resource Title: Montgomery County, Md., Public School Study Circles (DVD) Price: $5.00 Description: A video highlighting the efforts of Montgomery County Public Schools (Md.) Study Circles Program to address racism and student achievement in the district's schools and community. (6 minutes) DVD Resource Title: Education: How can Schools and Communities Work Together to Meet the Challenge? Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A multiple-session discussion guide including recommendations for tailoring the discussion to a particular community or organization's concerns (1997) Resource Title: Helping Every Student Succeed: Schools and Communities Working Together Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A four-session discussion guide to help schools and communities improve academic achievement for all students. (2002) Resource Title: Building Strong Neighborhoods: A Study Guide for Public Dialogue and Community Problem Solving Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A four-session discussion guide on many important neighborhood issues including: race and other kinds of differences; young people and families; safety and community-police relations; homes, housing and beautification; jobs and neighborhood economy; and schools. (1998) Resource Title: Changing Faces, Changing Communities: Immigration & race, jobs, schools, and language differences Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A multi-session discussion guide designed to help communities face the challenges and meet the opportunities raised by the arrival of newcomers; includes pointers on how to involve public officials. (1998) Resource Title: Confronting Violence in Our Communities: A Guide for Involving Citizens in Public Dialogue and Problem Solving Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A four-session discussion guide examining how violence affects our lives, what causes violence, and what can be done in neighborhoods and in schools. (1994) Resource Title: Youth Issues, Youth Voices: A Guide for Engaging Youth and Adults in Public Dialogue and Problem Solving Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A multiple-session discussion guide to help young people and adults address the community issues which involve and impact them. (1996) Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers at PACER Center8161 Normandale Boulevard Minneapolis MN 55437 Voice: 888-248-0822 Fax: 952-838-0199 Contact: Sue Folger Contact E-mail: sfolger@pacer.org Web Address: www.taalliance.org
Resource Title: Is Your Child a Target of Bullying? Intervention Strategies for Parents of Children with Disabilities Price: $15 for CD Resource Author: PACER Center Description: The appealing design and easy-to-understand, common-sense suggestions are sure to inform and encourage families as they address bullying issues. 33 slides. 2003. CD-Rom. English or Spanish. Resource Title: A Parents' Guide to Universal Design for Learning Price: $2 Author: PACER Center Description: This booklet introduces parents to the background and main principles of UDL and describes how UDL can help children with disabilities succeed in the classroom. Resource Title: Why Parent Centers? Why the ALLIANCE? Price: $3 Author: PACER Center Description: Explains how Parent Centers serve families and how the Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers serves the nation’s 100 Parent Centers. Data on Parent Center effectiveness and contact information is included. Resource Title: Let's Talk Price: $4 Author: PACER Center Description: Let's Talk is an easy and fun way to interact and help your child be ready for reading. These cards will help build your child's vocabulary and speaking skills-the first steps in learning to read. No special supplies are needed, just you and your child. English, Spanish, or Hmong. Resource Title: Positive Behavioral Interventions & IDEA 2004 Price: $15 for CD Resource Author: PACER Center Description: This curriculum introduces families to a new way of thinking about their child’s behaviors and about the need to advocate for behavioral instruction. Professionals find very useful. 37 slides, 2006. Tellin' Stories Project of Teaching for Change PO Box 73038Washington DC 20056-3038 Voice: 202-588-7204 Contact: America Calderon, Jill Weiler Contact E-mail: Acalderon@teachingforchange.org Web Address: www.teachingforchange.org
Resource Title: Beyond Heroes and Holidays Price: $27 Author: edited by Enid Lee, Deborah Menkart, Margo Okazawa-Rey Description: An acclaimed key resource for any educator who wants to go beyond the "heroes and holidays" approach to multicultural education. Resource Title: Tellin' Stories video Price: free Author: NEA and MD PIRC Description: Link. Websters International, Inc. 5729 Cloverland PlaceBrentwood TN 37027 Voice: 800-727-6833 Fax: 615-373-1030 Contact: Virginia Schmidt, Director, Public Relations Web Address: www.bowdoinmethod.com
Resource Title: Bowdoin Method I Description: Nationally validated curriculum for parenting children 3-7 years. Games, videos and activities reinforce the parenting skills of "at risk" families in a fun and effective manner. Ten subjects prepare parents for their children's success in school and in life. Researched and developed for parents with a second/third grade reading level, this basic skills approach is also available in Spanish. Resource Title: Bowdoin Method II Description: A continuation of the nationally validated Bowdoin I series, with emphasis on character education, good citizenship and expanding "at risk" children's reading and math skills. The "easy to read" parent books, videos and games cover 7 important topics for parenting today in a fun and engaging manner. Appropriate for parenting children 5-12 years of age. Resource Title: Parent Involvement Resource Manual Description: Developed by a national recognized Title I Director and parent education advocate, this manual provides enjoyable ideas for parent activities, handouts and workshops. A must for Title I programs, it comes complete with Federal Guidelines for Parent Education Programs and effective strategies for encouraging parent participation. This simple and easy-to-use manual is a practical source of information for all parenting programs. Resource Title: Your Baby Talks To You Description: Parenting infants birth to 3 years. This Interactive curriculum includes "hands-on" games, video and activities for fun and informative classes, and is especially successful with teen parents. This basic skills curriculum is multicultural and developed for "at risk" parents to meet their child's social, emotional, physical and intellectual needs. * indicates individuals actively participating in NCPIE whose organizations are not members |
