Families and Professionals

A comprehensive text for ALL educators on how to create trusting partnerships between professionals, families, and students

With a completely reorganised and refocused approach, the 8th Edition of Families and Professionals presents the why, who, and how of creating partnerships among all educators and their students' families. The best-known authors in the field of family and professional collaboration have paired with new contributors to bring together new content, pedagogy, and practical strategies that are relevant to both general and special education professionals. The themes of trust, social justice, and diversity are highlighted to illustrate their crucial role in developing and maintaining lasting partnerships. Interwoven throughout the text, a new case story shows readers the intricacies of creating partnerships with a family and with their fellow educators over the span of a school year. A new Compendium includes step-by-step research-based strategies to help readers apply what they've learned in classrooms and schools.