Welcoming Practices: Creating Schools That Support Students and Families in Transition

by Ron Avi Astor, Stephanie L. Wrabel, Linda Jacobson

Book Overview

Students change schools for a variety of reasons, and some students change more often than others -- a reality that can leave them feeling emotionally disconnected and often academically at risk. Welcoming Practices summarizes the research on school transition and makes a case for why schools need to do a better job of welcoming new children and families and following up with them over time.

Arriving at a moment in history in which schools...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190845511
• ISBN13: 9780190845513
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.9"