Family Involvement
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Family Involvement: Building Community Partnerships
A partnership guide for families, schools, service agencies, and policy makers focused on improving outcomes for our children. This booklet celebrates the success of family involvement that is happening in our state. It also offers ideas, resources and hope for what is yet to come. Although many of the strategies in this book highlight schools and the education system, the ideas can be applied to the network of systems in our communities. (Parent Information and Resource Center/PIRC and Parent Training and Information Center/PTIC)
Family Connections Series (Epstein Model)
Our Family Connections series includes six books that highlight the Six Keys of School, Family, and Community Involvement from the model by Dr. Joyce L. Epstein of John Hopkins University. This series is designed to help families, schools and communities identify needs to develop comprehensive plans that promote, expand and sustain parental involvement in New Mexico's schools. Each book provides ideas and resources to promote long lasting partnerships that help all children succeed in school and in later life. (Parent Information and Resource Center/PIRC)
- Volunteering
- Communicating
- Decision Making
- Learning At Home
- Parenting
- Collaborating with the Community
Project FLECHA (Family Leadership in Education, Culture and Healthcare Access)
Families themselves can make the biggest difference for their children's success by becoming LEARNING ADVOCATES for their own children and others in their community by getting involved. (Collaborative project of the: Parent Information and Resource Center/PIRC, Parent Training and Information Center/PTIC, Family to Family Health Information Center/F2FHIC and Early Intervention/DOH Family Infant Toddler program)
This manual is used with the four-part Project FLECHA curriculum for parents of young children. It has information about resources to help families to get and do some of the basic things they need to raise healthy children who are eager and able to learn in school and at home.
Connecting Families with Families
Find out how you can connect with parent in similar situations. Parent to Parent is a statewide network of families willing to share their experiences and information. We connect parents with other parents through parent to parent matches. By connecting parents with each other, we empower families and put them in touch with the resources and information available for their child.
