New Harvard Family Research Project Resources

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Hawke wrote: REFERENCE POINTS: New Harvard Family Research Project Resources> REFERENCE POINTS is an activity of TATRA, a project of PACER Center>>> REFERENCE POINTS: New Harvard Family Research Project Resources>> FAMILY INVOLVEMENT IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL> "Family Involvement in Middle and High School Students' Education" is the > newest brief from the Harvard Family Research Project. The third in a > series, this brief f synthesizes research studies that link family > involvement in middle and high school to youth's academic and social > outcomes. It profiles evaluated programs to

show what works to promote > family involvement and student achievement during this critical > developmental period and highlights how you can use this research to > promote effective policies and practices. The two previous papers > investigated family involvement in early childhood and elementary school > settings. Taken together, these briefs make the case that family > involvement predicts academic achievement and social development as > children progress from early childhood programs through K-12 schools and > into higher education or postsecondary settings. > http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/research/adolescent.html>> FAMILY-STRENGTHENING PROGRAMS THAT WORK> This brief, entitled "Lessons From Family-Strengthening Interventions: > Learning From Evidence-Based Practice," complements the "Family > Involvement Makes a Difference" series with valuable

information about > creating successful programs and evaluations. In it, the authors review > family-strengthening interventions serving youth that have been rigorously > evaluated through experimental studies and find some common elements among > successful programs. > http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/research/lessons.html>> You can sign up to receive monthly updates from the Harvard Family > Research Project's The Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE) by > going to http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/joinfine.html. The > Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE) is a national network of > over 8,000 people who are interested in promoting strong partnerships > between children's educators, their families, and their communities. > FINE's membership is composed of faculty in higher education, school > professionals, directors and

trainers of community-based and national > organizations, parent leaders, and graduate students. > http://www.finenetwork.org>>>> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *>> REFERENCE POINTS is administered by PACER Center http://www.PACER.org as a > technical assistance activity of the TATRA Project. The TATRA Project is > funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration.>> To SUBSCRIBE to REFERENCE POINTS go to > http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/index.asp>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, please go directly to > http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/maildel.asp>> Readers are invited to send information about new resources on secondary > education, transition and vocational rehabilitation topics to > tatra@....>> Reference Points received initial support from the National Center on > Secondary

Education and Transition http://www.ncset.org/. Visit their web > site for a wealth of information related to secondary education and > transition for youth with disabilities.>> Note: There are no copyright restrictions on this document. However, > please credit the source and support of federal funds when copying all or > part of this material.>

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