Advances in Family-school-community Partnering: A Practical Guide for School Mental Health Professionals and Educators

Family-School-Community Partnering (FSCP) is a multidimensional process in which schools, families, and communities work together to ensure the academic, social, and emotional success of students. In this new edition, the authors evaluate advances to a multitiered model of FSCP that further incorporates community alliances.

Section I covers legislative, empirical, and theoretical underpinnings and updates. Practical strategies are discussed to develop, deliver, and evaluate a cohesive system of support to improve student outcomes. Chapter addendums detail the specific approaches and associated resources to advance FSCP from infancy through adulthood. In Section II, current researchers and practitioners consider how to enhance collaborative partnerships with military, migrant/refugee, and rural communities and support gender identity and varied developmental abilities. Four culminating case stories are designed to facilitate ideas for intentional integration of FSCP domains into readers’ ongoing practices.

School psychologists, counselors, educators, administrators, and social workers will learn how to strategically implement this partnering in all levels of schooling.

Gloria E. Miller, PhD, is an endowed professor at the University of Denver whose work focuses on early language, literacy, and social-emotional learning and elevating all families’ voices as collaborators in their children’s education.

Amanda Arthur-Stanley, PhD, is a practicing school psychologist and adjunct professor. She completes developmental assessments for young children ages 0-6 and partners with families around young children’s social-emotional development.

Rashida Banerjee, PhD, is a professor at the University of Denver. Her work focuses on effective family, professional, and community partnerships, appropriate assessment, inclusive intervention, and interdisciplinary workforce development.