PARENT PRESENTATI ON:

FAMI LY/ COMMUNI TY PARTNERSHI PS &

I NFLUENCES ON CHI LD DEVELOPMENT
Involvement
Pre-K through 6
th
Grade
Child Development Professional
Asses Milestones
Provide Resources to Families
Be a Role Model for Children & Families
Keep Families & Community Interaction up



Community Interaction
Physical fitness plays a critical role in proper child
development:

First Lady Michelle Obamas Lets Move campaign gives a high public
profile to the issue of childhood obesity, such advocacy efforts help create
a sense of immediacy about improving conditions for children and
families (p. 37)(Berk, 2014).
Microsystems
A microsystem is a
pattern of activities,
social roles, and
interpersonal relations
experienced by the
developing person in a
given face-to-face
setting with particular
physical, social, and
symbolic features that
invite, permit, or inhibit
engagement in
sustained, progressively
more complex
interaction with, and
activity, in the
immediate environment
(p.39)(Elsevier).
Parenting
Gains respect
Gains positive personal qualities such as beliefs &
values
Gains Awareness of importance of school

Implement:
Family support programs to assist families with health, nutrition,
and other services. These services can help across a
diverse community.
Communicating
Gains Informed decisions about courses and programs.

Gains an understanding of school policies on behavior,
attendance, and other areas of student conduct.

Implement:
Conferences with every parent at least once a year, with
follow-ups as needed.

Volunteering
Gains Skill in communicating with adults.

Gains Increased learning of skills that receive
tutoring or targeted attention from volunteers.

Implement:
Parent room or family center for volunteer work, meetings,
resources for families.
Learning At Home
Gains in skills, abilities, and test scores linked to
homework and classwork.

Self-concept of ability as learner.

Implement:
Hand out Calendars with activities for parents and
students at home.
Decision Making
Awareness of representation of families in school
decisions & Understanding that student rights are
protected.

Implement:
Include parent leaders from all racial, ethnic
socioeconomic, and other groups in the school and to all
meetings.


Collaborating with Community
Increased skills and talents through enriched
curricular and extracurricular experiences.
Awareness of careers and of options for future
education and work.

Implement:
Ensure Participation of alumni in school programs for
students.
References
Berk, L. E., (2013) Child development (9
th
Ed) Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson

Bronfenbrenner, U. (1994). Ecological models of human development. In
International Encyclopedia of Education, vol. 3, 2
nd
. Ed. Oxford: Elsevier.
Reprinted in: Gauvain, M. & cole, M. (Eds.), Readings on the development of
children 2
nd
Ed (1993, pp.37-43). NY: Freeman.

Epstein's types of Involvement:
http://www.unicef.org/lac/Joyce_L._Epstein_s_Framework_of_Six_Types_of_
Involvement(2).pdf