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Français PDF Version List of Resources/Research
Informing, Educating, Involving,
Supporting & Empowering Parents
through Schools to Promote Health
(Prepared
03/15/03)
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Welcome to our extensive collection of resources for parental involvement. These pages present links to educational, planning and assessment resources as well as research on informing, educating, involving, supporting and empowering parents to promote the health of their children through school-community programs. These online and other documents have been identified through a variety of sources. Select items from the list in the left-hand margin to find links to items of direct interest to parents, educators and other front-line workers.
The hundred of full-text web documents catalogue here provide a comprehensive and detailed set of resources for individual parents, volunteers, parent leaders, educators and others.
Begin with a quick look at Families & Youth Today. Examine the research evidence. A variety of training and planning materials for educators and parents are also listed here.
Five basic categories, informing, educating, involving, supporting and empowering parents have introductory page which one should read before going to the many other topics listed under each of them.
The key Canadian groups are:
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Canadian Health Network (Relationships Section) |
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Canadian Home & School Federation |
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BC Council for Families |
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Child and Family Canada |
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Canadian Home Economics Association |
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Caring for Kids (Canadian Paediatric Society) |
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sexualityandu.ca (Parent Section) Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada. |
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Canadian Institute of Child Health |
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Family Service Canada |
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Vanier Institute of the Family |
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Canadian Child Care Federation |
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Parents Online (United Kingdom) |
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National Parent Information Network |
This
summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population
Health Fund, Health Canada
Key Resources
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Research Review and Rationale
for Parent Involvement in Health Promotion through Schools
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Barriers to Parent Involvement |
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Ten Strategies for Parent
Involvement in School Health Promotion
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Redefining Involvement |
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Parent Involvement (PTA) |
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Effective Beginnings (Canadian
Home and School, Parent-Teacher Federation) |
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Fullfledge Partners (Fédération
des comités de parents de la province de Québec) |
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Putting The Pieces Together (US
Department of Education |
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Strong Families Strong Schools
(US Department of Education) |
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Framework for Family Involvement
(National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education) |
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List of Canadian Parenting Organizations |
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Family Involvement Network of Educators |