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Take Care of the Basics: Parenting and Communicating
Most parents and educators believe that it is important for families to be involved in their children’s schools. All parents and all educators have “basic responsibilities” for parental involvement that they do every day: parenting and communicating.
Schools can play an important role in providing parents access to information about methods and strategies for becoming more effective parents. Parenting Resources:
- Family Guide from US Department of Health and Human Services
- Ideas and tools for parents - Social Emotional Learning
- Info-U at University of Minnesota Extension
- Minnesota Family Strength Project at Minnesota Public Radio
- Minnesota Parents Know from MN Department of Education
- MVParents from Search Institute
- Parent Teacher Education Connection - Parenting module
Improving family-school communication is the foundation for successful parental involvement in schools. Communication Resources:
- Building strong relationsihps with Parents - for educators
- Common cross-cultural communication challenges - Guidelines
- Establishing Strong Family School Communication from PBS
- Family-friendly communication - strategy guide
- Home-School Communication - teacher workshop
- Ideas for connecting with ELL families - Reaching Out
- Parent communication strategies - for teachers
- The Parent Teacher Partnership from PBS
PACER's site offers many PDF files for download, which require 
