Family Engagement is a full, equal, and equitable partnership among families, educators, and community partners to promote children’s learning and development from birth through college and career.
Family engagement initiatives and activities should be all-inclusive. It removes barriers to family-school partnerships and provides opportunities for the parental voice and participation to be elevated in the student’s educational experience.
Decades of research continue to show when parents are involved in their child’s education positive outcomes are likely to increase significantly.
Bullying of any kind is a serious problem and has far-reaching implications for the person being bullied as well as the perpetrator. Bullying and Cyberbullying threaten students’ emotional and physical safety and can negatively impact their academic success.
Bullying is a form of youth violence and an adverse childhood experience (ACE). Bullying is any unwanted aggressive behavior(s) by another youth or group of youths, who are not siblings or current dating partners, that involves an observed or perceived power imbalance, and is repeated multiple times or is highly likely to be repeated. Bullying may inflict harm or distress on the targeted youth including physical, psychological, social, or educational harm.
Model Policy to Address Bullying In Virginia’s Public Schools, Virginia Board of Education, October 2013, § 22.1276.01 the Code of Virginia
PACER National Bullying Prevention Center
Any child can be a victim of bullying or harassment, but research has shown that children with special needs are both more likely to be bullied or harassed and also more likely to be seriously harmed by it. Children with special needs may be less likely to seek help or stop the bullying from happening.
Cyberbullying is the use of technology to intentionally harass, hurt, embarrass, humiliate or intimate another person.
- Apps Parents Should Know About
- Attendance
- Bullying and Children with Disabilities – Health Care Needs
- Bullying Behavior and Mental Health
- Community Engagement and Schools
- Cyberbullying
- Dear Colleague – Bullying (USDOE)
- Fatherhood
- Keeping Track of Your Child’s Online Activity
- Managing Emotions – Strategies for Effective Communication
- Parent School Partnerships
- Recordkeeping and Bullying (PACER Resource)
- Social Media and Students with Disabilities – A Resource Document
- Text Acronyms / Online Acronyms
- Types of Cyberbullying
- Why Parent Engagement is Critical To Student Success
- Working with Families of Children with Special Needs
- Your Voice Counts-Advocating for Change
