A Dozen Activities to Promote Parent Involvement!
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr200.shtml
A brief article on a dozen activities to promote parental involvement is presented. Additionally listed are other programs that help to promote parent involvement.

Epstein’s Six Types of Parent Involvement
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Joyce Epstein presents a framework of six types of involvement. This framework helps educators develop partnerships that are comprehensive and include of school, family and community. The Six Types of Parent Involvement Framework may be used as a guide for schools, but schools should select practices that are relevant to their specific culture and climate that will help meet the needs of its students and families.

Families and Positive Behavior Support: Addressing Problem Behavior in Family Contexts

• Lucyshyn, J., Dunlap, G., & Albin, R. (Eds.). (2002). Families and Positive Behavior Support: Addressing Problem Behavior in Family Contexts. Baltimore. Paul H. Brookes Publishing. International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 1-55766-574-5

This book provides information about positive behavior support and how to work in teams that are sensitive to the family context.

Book Review #1: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_148_37/ai_97723234

Book Review #2: www.oadd.org/publications/journal/issues/vol11no1/download/prichard.pdf

Details from the Publisher: This book is currently out of print.

Getting Behavior in Shape at Home
http://pbis.org/pbis_resource_detail_page.aspx?Type=3&PBIS_ResourceID=269
Brief scripted article on how to change the environment of a child to produce an appropriate behavior response. The articles provides real examples of child behavior that may be inappropriate in certain settings, then provides examples of how to gradually change the unacceptable behaviors to more acceptable replacement behaviors.

Kansas Institute for Positive Behavior Support: Family Resource Site
http://www.kipbs.org/new_kipbs/familyInfo/family_resources.html
This webpage provides a variety of links that are helpful to families looking for advocacy groups, disability information and intervention resources. Also included are translated materials, information related to legal issues, links for assistive technology, and other resources available to families.

National PTA’s National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Programs
http://www.ptasonline.org/kspta/national_standards.pdf
A brief description of the 6 standards set forth by the National Parent Teacher Association that focus on communicating, parenting, student learning, volunteering, school decision making and advocacy, and collaborating with the community. The purpose of the 6 standards is to promote meaningful parent and family participation, raise awareness regarding the components of effective programs; and to provide guidelines for schools that wish to improve their programs. The standards can be used to help to improve student achievement through parent involvement.

New Hampshire Center for Effective Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Family Engagement Checklist
http://www.pbismaryland.org/documents/FamilyEngagementChecklist.pdf
Accessible and downloadable through the Maryland Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Project website, this is a helpful tool to assess how the school/district system interacts with the parents. This checklist works to identify if systems are in place to ensure that families feel welcomed in their school environment, if parents are actively involved in learning activities in the home setting, how communication occurs with parents, what systems are in place to gain the opinions of how parents can support the school and if parents feel that they have an active voice in the decision making process in school activities.

School-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Support: Information for Parents
http://www.pacer.org/pbis/infoforparents.pdf
A five page information document that provides parents an overview of Positive Behavior Supports. Additionally, information is provided for parents to become involved in School Wide PBS and how they can play a supportive role in the connection between Positive Behavior Supports at school and in the home environment.

School-wide Positive Behavior Support Publications
http://www.pacer.org/pbis/publications.asp
Articles and handouts related to school-wide positive behavior support available through Minnesota’s PACER Center, a nationally recognized resource center for parents.

Tips for Parents: How to Get Behavior Supports Into the IEP
http://pbis.org/pbis_resource_detail_page.aspx?Type=3&PBIS_ResourceID=268
This guide, a collaboration between the Beach Center on Disabilities and the OSEP Technical Assistance Center for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, contains a wealth of suggestions for parents.