Empowering Family-Teacher Partnerships: Building Connections Within Diverse Communities prepares students to work collaboratively with families and community professionals in support of children's early education and development. Students are invited to develop a personal philosophy of family involvement to guide their work with families and to join a community of learners in relying upon their collective insights and problem-solving skills to address family involvement challenges.
prepares students to work collaboratively with families and community professionals in support of children's early education and development. Students are invited to develop a personal philosophy of family involvement to guide their work with families and to join a community of learners in relying upon their collective insights and problem-solving skills to address family involvement challenges.  
The author takes a student-centered approach to delivering substantive information and framing activities, providing:
(a) comprehensive coverage of the diversity of family lives represented in classrooms and strategies for working with those families;
- challenges to family involvement and strategies for addressing them;
- strategies for communicating effectively with and empowering families, and
- reflections, activities, tip boxes, and field assignments designed to facilitate students' skills in building positive family-school-community partnerships.