Book
School-linked services: Promoting equity for children, families and communities
(2016)
Abstract
The evidence-based strategies in this volume close the achievement gap among students from all sociological backgrounds. Designed according to local needs assessments, they provide the services, programs, initiatives, and relationships that are crucial for children’s success in school and life.
These practices and programs include after school and summer sessions, early childhood education, school-linked health and mental health services, family engagement, and youth leadership opportunities. This book addresses the policy and funding requirements that help these partnerships thrive and offer effective counterarguments against those who would question their value. The text describes strategies that work in both rural and urban contexts and includes a chapter evaluating school-community partnerships across the world. Because it involves collaborations across professions and organizations, the book’s interdisciplinary approach will appeal to those in social work, education, psychology, public health, counseling, nursing, and public policy.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Citation Information
Bronstein, L. R., & Mason, S. (2016). School-linked services: Promoting equity for children, families and communities. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.