Parents involvement with school

Parental involvement with school score Self-initiated parental visits to school, attendance at interviews and parents meetings, child s visit to school with parent before starting, discussing child s progress at school. A higher score indicates more parental involvement. 

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Bret and Lee Ann Richardson Interview. Frontline, PBS Online. Available online. URL http //www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/dare/ richardsons.honl. Posted in 1998. Interviews with two police officers involved with D.A.R.E. activities in the schools. They deny having any interest in having students report on their parents drug use. They suggest... 

There is also evidence that low-income parents of color might experience unique obstacles to involvement at school. These include concerns regarding the lack of confidentiality in school-based services, prior negative experiences with... 

Evidence from our initial study of a model for school-based mental health services provided support for a broadly defined parental involvement program (Atkins, Adil, Jackson, Talbott, et al., 2001). Extensive efforts to recruit and engage families in services resulted in initial recruitment rates above 90%, and of those 60 families, 86% remained involved in services at 9-month follow-up (Atkins et al., 2001). Because only about half of the families attended one or more parent groups, and fewer than a third attended sessions regularly, all families received home-based services in addition to consultation with the child s teacher and other... 

Behavioral treatment intensive parent training, school-based intervention and child-focused treatment, with therapist involvement gradually reduced over time. 

In children and adolescents, the decision to medicate is based on problems with inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity that are persistent and sufficiently severe to cause functional impairment at school, at home, and with peers. Before treatment with psychostimulants is instituted, other treatable causes should be ruled out and behavioral interventions considered. To maximize the likelihood of successful treatment with psychostimulants, parents or guardians should be involved in the treatment plan, including monitoring the administration of the medication, learning new disciplinary techniques, and participating in the patient s follow-up appointments (42). 

There are multiple ways in which the family and friends are involved in an outpatient drug rehabilitation program. Treatment includes individual and family counseling sessions held at a clinic, school, in family court, or another location in their community (e.g., a church or town hall). During these sessions parents learn how they can help with the process of staying clean. Their parenting skills are examined by counselors to make sure that they are not one of the sources of the problem and that they understand what s involved in reestablishing mutual trust with their child.40... 

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