Home, School, and Community Relations: A Guide to Working with Parents

This updated edition promotes the philosophy that teachers work as partners with parents, and introduces a variety of techniques for establishing effective communication and parent involvement. It addresses the complex diversity of families and teaching situations that exist, sensitizing readers to the pressing needs of today's families and to the importance of involving them in the educational institution that cares for their children. ALSO AVAILABLE INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Guide, ISBN: 0-8273-7219-1

Carol Gestwicki had been an instructor in the Early Childhood Education program at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte North Carolina for over twenty years. Her teaching responsibilities have included supervising students in classroom situations as they work with parents. Earlier in her career she worked with children and families in a wide variety of community agencies and schools in Toronto New York New Jersey and Namibia. She received her MA from Drew University. She has been an active member of NAEYC for many years making numerous presentations at state and national conferences. Other publications include more than two dozen articles on child development and family issues and script-writing and design of fourteen audiovisual instructional programs.