The Relevance of Family-School Connections for Positive Student Outcomes

The Relevance of Family-School Connections for Positive Student Outcomes:
Lessons Learned from Research and What It Means for Practice

Presenter: Sandra L. Christenson, PhD
Professor of Educational and Child Psychology
University of Minnesota School Psychology Program

Can we genuinely address educational disparities without partnering with families? Dr. Sandra Christenson, expert on interventions that enhance student engagement with school and learning, and identification of family and school contextual factors that facilitate student engagement and increase the probability for student success in school, will be presenting The Relevance of Family-School Connections for Positive Student Outcomes: Lessons Learned from Research and What It Means for Practice. This presentation is the third of the Creating Connections Series, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools. It is free and open to the public.