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Contemporary Families - A Handbook for School Professionals (Hardcover)
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Contemporary Families - A Handbook for School Professionals (Hardcover)
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Recent studies have shown that as many as a third of all school
children show some signs of school dysfunction, and an increasing
body of evidence strongly indicates that aspects of family life are
basic determinants of children's school adjustment. In
""Contemporary Families: A Handbook for School Professionals"", 21
contributors examine the changing nature of American families,
discuss the relationship of home life to school and the critical
role of familial experiences, and develop and recommend
interventions. In Part 1, family configurations are discussed -
dual wage, single-parent, and step-families. Such families have
become far more prevalent in recent years, and are more vulnerable
to other social strains. The authors of Part II examine the
dimension of ethnic and cultural diversity. Hispanic,
African-American, and Korean families are considered, the ways in
which cultural behaviours influence school-related behaviours, the
effects of language socialisation and discrimination. Parts III and
IV examine families facing the highly stressful situations of
poverty, death and divorce, and the long-term stressors of learning
disability, chronic illness and psychological disturbances in both
children and parents. Part V is devoted to varying personal and
social resources among families. ""Contemporary Families"" attempts
to provide a theoretical framework from which school professionals
can develop an understanding of each child's unique family
circumstances on school adaptation, and from there begin to take
remedial steps. Truancy, drug and alcohol abuse, fighting,
illiteracy, school phobia, low academic performance, dropping out -
""Contemporary Families"" aims to show how preventive efforts
directed toward the family can stem these maladaptions before they
reach critical levels in children.
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