Parent-Student Education Needed for Homeless Families, Studies Say [Blogs.EDWeek.org]

Samantha Sangenito 8/11/1412:00 PM

A strong relationship with parents can make the difference in whether homeless students thrive in spite of their disadvantage.

Most homeless-education workers understand this, but experts at a symposium in the American Psychological Association meeting here argued those workers don't often link effective training and support for children and parents dealing with their own trauma. Structural limitations in family homeless shelters may leave a unique opening for schools to help homeless children and parents connect.

[For more of this story, written by Sarah D. Sparks, go to http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2014/08/parent-student_education_neede.html]

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