BRIDGES: Connecting with Families to Facilitate and Enhance Involvement

Autor/in	Sawyer, Mary
Titel	BRIDGES: Connecting with Families to Facilitate and Enhance Involvement
Quelle	In: TEACHING Exceptional Children, 47 (2015) 3, S.172-179 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0040-0599
DOI	10.1177/0040059914558946
Schlagwörter	Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Models; Elementary Secondary Education; Special Education; Inclusion; Disabilities; Regular and Special Education Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Analogiemodell; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Inklusion; Handicap; Behinderung
Abstract	"Parent involvement" is an umbrella term for activities characterized by varying levels of frequency, response effort, and types of settings in which they occur. Parent involvement in a child's education can occur in a variety of school-related contexts, including helping with homework and supporting academic development at home. It includes engaging in activities such as open houses and conferences at the school (Dearing, Simpkins, Kreider, & Weiss, 2006; Wong & Hughes, 2006), asking questions, and providing information for special educators to incorporate in the instructional curriculum. The purpose of this article is to outline the BRIDGES framework, a model through which teachers can develop and implement strategies to facilitate various types and levels of parent involvement. BRIDGES stands for Build, Recruit, Individualize, Dialogue, Generate, Empower, and Strengthen. The framework is flexible and is intended to be used recursively by teachers throughout the school year. Practical strategies aligned with each of the components are offered. Suggested strategies are ideal for use in inclusive elementary school classrooms, although middle and high school general education and special education teachers alike are encouraged to adapt the BRIDGES model to their settings. The 7 steps of the framework are discussed: (1) Build; (2) Recruit; (3) Individualize; (4) Dialogue; (5) Generate; (6) Empower; and (7) Strengthen. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01