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The CRAF-E4 Family Engagement Model

Building Practitioners’ Competence to Work with Diverse Families

  • 1st Edition - April 26, 2014
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Iheoma Iruka, Stephanie Curenton, Winnie Eke
  • Language: English

The CRAF-E4 Family Engagement Model: Building Practitioners’ Competence to Work with Diverse Families lays out how mental health practitioners can best engage parents in their chi… Read more

Description

The CRAF-E4 Family Engagement Model: Building Practitioners’ Competence to Work with Diverse Families lays out how mental health practitioners can best engage parents in their children's education for the child’s best educational outcome. The book presents several different engagement strategies, allowing for differences in socio-political, cultural, and parental beliefs and understandings. Topics include information from early childhood, family processes, efficacy, racial socialization, and social capital.

While of interest to educators and parents, this book is written primarily for the clinician, in particular clinicians working with vulnerable child and parent populations, who may be struggling with learning or developmental disabilities.

Key features

  • Concise, practical guide
  • Useful to psychologists, educators, and parents

Readership

Psychologists, school psychologists, educators, social workers, parents

Table of contents

Chapter 1. CRAF-E4: Increasing the Capacity and Engagement of Diverse Families

  • 1.1 Description of the CRAF-E4
  • 1.2 CRAF-4E—Implications for Practice
  • 1.3 Using the CRAF-E4 to Enhance Family Engagement

Chapter 2. The Diversity of Families and Changing Demographic Trends

  • 2.1 The Changing Face of U.S. Families
  • 2.2 Implications for Practice
  • 2.3 Reflection Questions for Teachers and Practitioners

Chapter 3. Providing Resources to Help Address Challenges Faced by Families

  • 3.1 Becoming Educated About the Challenges
  • 3.2 Implications for Practice
  • 3.3 Reflection Questions

Chapter 4. Understanding the Strengths and Resilience of Diverse Families

  • 4.1 Building on the Strengths and Resiliency of Diverse Families
  • 4.2 Implications for Practice
  • 4.3 Reflection Questions

Chapter 5. Examination of Teachers’ and Practitioners’ Biases

  • 5.1 Addressing Practitioner Bias
  • 5.2 Implications for Practice
  • 5.3 Reflection Questions

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 6, 2014
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Iheoma Iruka

Iheoma Iruka is Associate Director for Research at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Director for Research, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

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Stephanie Curenton

Assistant Professor Stephanie Curenton works at Rutgers University, Bloustein School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, Bloustein School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

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Winnie Eke

Winnie Eke works at Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA, USA

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