Culturally Responsive Family-School Relationships, Second Edition, is a unique
text with a fresh perspective. It presents a successful collaborative approach for working with all students' families
to promote learning and resolve problems throughout the early childhood and elementary school years. The underlying
premise is that teachers who embrace and adapt to shifting realities can work toward true partnerships between
culturally diverse communities and the schools that serve them. Taking into account economic and cultural diversity
as well as exceptionality, the text thoroughly describes culturally-responsive instructional and non-instructional
practices that educators can use to build family-school relationships characterized by trust, cooperation and motivation
to help all children succeed in school. Grounded in research, this book balances theory and application by discussing
conceptual issues and linking them to methods educators can use--making it an essential resource for all school-based
practitioners, including school administrators, school counselors, and special education consultants.