Taking a Closer Look:
A Guide to Online Resources on Family Involvement
There is more information on family involvement online than any one person
can keep track of now. Harvard Family Research Project has taken a closer look
and compiled and categorized this large body of information in order to make
it easier for you to access and use in your work. Below are links to each section
of the guide:
| Introduction |
A short introduction to the guide and how we compiled the
information in it |
| Using the Resource Guide |
A brief description of what is in the guide and what it can
be used for |
| Knowledge Development |
Evaluation and research reports on various family involvement
topics |
| Professional Development |
Information related to professional development in family
involvement |
| Standards |
A compilation of professional standards of practice in family
involvement |
| Programs |
A listing of early childhood, school, after school, and community
programs that promote family involvement |
| Tools |
Practical, hands-on resources that educators and parents
can use to facilitate family involvement |
| Convening |
A listing of opportunities to engage in substantive dialogue
about family involvement |
| Special Initiatives |
Documentation of special initiatives designed to promote
family involvement through coordinated activities involving several organizations |
| Appendix: Resource Guide Organizations |
A list of all the organizations included in the guide with
links |
Download the guide:
Taking a Closer Look: A Guide to Online Resources on Family Involvement
was compiled by Heather B. Weiss,
Kelly Faughnan, Margaret Caspe,
Cassandra Wolos, M. Elena Lopez, and Holly
Kreider, Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE), Harvard Family
Research Project (HFRP), September 2005.
HFRP recognizes that for children to be successful in school and life there
must be an array of learning supports around them. These supports and opportunities,
which must reach beyond the school, should complement one another and be linked
and aligned. HFRP calls this network of supports complementary learning.
Family involvement, early childhood education, and after school programs are
all examples of complementary learning in that they support and complement the
work of schools. This publication focuses specifically on family involvement
in education.
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