8. Toward a Theory of Family —School Connections: Teacher Practices and Parent Involvement

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. Part I. Theoretical Approaches to Prevention and Intervention
5. 1. Prevention and Intervention in the Analytical Perspective of Guidance 3
6. 2. Observation, Diagnosis, Guidance. A Systems Theoretical View on Intervention 21
7. 3. Powerlessness, Politics, and Prevention. The Community Mental Health Approach 37
8. 4. The Stress Process and Strategies of Intervention 53
9. Part II. Children's Services and Preschool Programs
10. 5. Professionalism and Children's Services 75
11. 6. Evidence of Problem Prevention by Early Childhood Education 87
12. Part III. Family Empowerment and Parent Involvement
13. 7. Empowering Families: An Alternative to the Deficit Model 105
14. 8. Toward a Theory of Family —School Connections: Teacher Practices and Parent Involvement 121
15. 9. Conditions of Family Functioning 137
16. 10. Intervention in the Family: The Case of Handicapped Children 151
17. Part IV. Problem Behavior in Adolescence
18. 11. Developmental Transitions and Adolescent Problem Behavior: Implications for Prevention and Intervention 167
19. 12. Adolescent Problem Behavior in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany: Implications for Prevention 185
20. 13. Developmental Perspectives on Problem Behavior and Prevention in Adolescence 205
21. 14. The Limits and Potential of Social Intervention in Adolescence: An Exemplary Analysis 219
22. Part V. Scholastic Achievement and Educational Career Planning
23. 15. Diagnosis and Intervention in Education and Therapy 241
24. 16. Intervention in the Transition from School to Work for Early School Leavers 253
25. 17. Social Intervention Strategies in Elite U.S. Secondary Schools 269
26. Part VI. Social Intervention and Social Control
27. 18. Psychological Crime Prevention: Concepts, Evaluations and Perspectives 289
28. 19. Alternative Methods of Conflict—Settling and Sanctioning: Their Impact on Young Offenders 315
29. 20. Evaluating Residential Treatments for Delinquents: A Cautionary Tale 333
30. 21. Preventive Effects of Correctional Intervention: Reeducation and Resocialization of Juvenile Prisoners 347
31. 22. Simulating Social Order — Community and Crime Cont 363
32. Appendix
33. 23. The Program of the Special Research Unit "Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence" 383
34. Author Index 389
35. Subject Index 397