Heather N Weiss

Evaluating Family Programs

Evaluating Family Programs

Participation In Out-of-School Programs: Enrollment, Attendance, and Engagement

New Skills For New Schools: Preparing Teachers In Family Involvement

Community-Based Family Support and Education Programs

Participation in Youth Programs: Enrollment, Attendance, and Engagement : New Directions for Youth Development, No. 105

This timely volume proposes that to fully understand, and then intervene to improve participation in out-of-school (OST) programs, issues of access, enrollment, and engagement must be considered, and in the context of program quality. Contributing authors unpack the construct of participation, posin...

Preparing Educators to Involve Families: From Theory to Practice

The goal of Preparing Educators to Involve Families is to help prepare teachers and other professionals to partner effectively with the families of children in elementary school. Using a framework of ecological systems theory, editors Heather B. Weiss, Holly Kreider, M. Elena Lopez, and Celina M. Ch...

Evaluating Family Programs: Current Issues in Theory and Policy (Modern Applications of Social Work)

The diverse composition of American families and changing ways of raising our children have become subjects of intense scrutiny by researchers and policymakers in recent years. Shifting demographics and work patterns, growing numbers of women in the work force, teenage pregnancy, single-parent famil...

Preparing Educators to Engage Families: Case Studies Using an Ecological Systems Framework 2nd (second) Edition by Weiss, Heather B., Kreider, Holly, Lopez, M. Elena, Chatman- [2009]

Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff

Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff presents and evaluates the available research and programs that address both animal and human behaviors associated with the intake, management and rehoming of dog and cats. Introductions to dog and cat behavior relevant to any animal profe...

Preparing Educators to Engage Families: Case Studies Using an Ecological Systems Framework

Read Holly Kreider's blog at http://www.public2private.org/This blog offers reflections on parenting and schooling, as told from the perspective of a family involvement researcher and single mother of two school-age children.Research-based teaching cases that reflect critical dilemmas in family-scho...

Preparing Educators to Engage Families: Case Studies Using an Ecological Systems Framework

Constant changes in education are creating new and uncertain roles for parents and teachers that must be explored, identified, and negotiated. Preparing Educators to Engage Families: Case Studies Using an Ecological Systems Framework, Third Edition encourages readers to hone their analytic and probl...