Table of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction - Thomas P Gullotta
It Is in Our Best Interest
PART ONE: PROCESSES
The Family-School Relationships Model - Bruce A Ryan and Gerald R Adams
Inquiring into Children's Social Worlds - Ellen S Amatea and Peter A D Sherrard
A Choice of Lenses
Parent-Child Interactions and School Achievement - Diane Scott-Jones
National Patterns of School and Family Connections in the Middle Grades - Joyce L Epstein and Seyong Lee
The Impact of Family Environment on Educational Attainment - Jay D Teachman, Randal D Day and Karen Price Carver
Do Families Make a Difference?
PART TWO: ISSUES
High Achievement, Underachievement and Learning Disabilities - Robert-Jay Green
A Family Systems Model
Children's School Performance - Rex Forehand, Lisa Armistead and Karla Klein
The Roles of Interparental Conflict and Divorce
Truancy, Family Processes, and Interventions - Jane Corville-Smith
The Family Resource Center - Robert W Plant and Patricia A King
A Community-Based System of Family Support Services
Intergenerational Influences on Child Outcomes - Annette U Rickel and Evvie Becker-Lausen
Implications for Prevention and Intervention