Strengthening Family-School Partnerships, A guide, is designed to provide schools and their communities with information and planning tools to assist in reviewing and strengthening partnerships between schools, families and communities.
This guide:
- is designed for the school leadership team
- builds on existing REDI resources
- is designed as a flexible toolkit which complements other resources.
It includes information, guidelines and tools to assist with identifying and determining how partnerships can be strengthened to meet the needs of all students, including those at risk. It is suitable for use in primary, middle and secondary schools settings.
A Guide to Strengthening Family-School Partnerships 
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Building Conversations is a flexible package to support school staff, parents and community leaders to prepare for and conduct a parent event. It assists the school community with conducting parent events by providing professional development advice through a guide and video segments.
It provides some trigger videos around which activities at a parent event may be developed, along with other sample activities. It supports a parent event initiative from a range of perspectives – from adult to student centred – and encourages schools to develop such initiatives according to their particular context and needs.
Building Conversations includes:
- a facilitators manual
- video segments
- professional development
- trigger activities for the Transitional Years (School Years 5-7) and the Emerging Years (Years 8-10)
- a Parent Pack with
- information sheets
- website for parents, containing information, quizzes and links to further resources.
The Guides can be accessed via the Practical Ideas section of the Reading Room, found in the left hand side column of this website. The video segments are provided on both VHS and DVD.
A Guide to Building Conversations (5.9 MB)
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Associate Professor John Toumbourou is a leading researcher in adolescent health and an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne. He has undertaken a number of studies looking at what contributes to the healthy development of young people and factors that can contribute to problematic drug use. |
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Dr Leanne Rowe is a general practitioner with a special interest in adolescent health and parenting. She also lectures at the University of Melbourne and Monash University, and in 1997 was awarded the Australian Medical Association’s ‘Best Individual Contribution to Health Care in Australia’ for her work in setting up Clockwork Young People’s Health Service in Geelong. |
- John Toumbourou speaks about the consequences of early drug use:
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- John Toumbourou and Leanne Rowe discuss the drugs that cause the most harm:
Play sound file (315 kb)
- Leanne Rowe and John Toumbourou talk about effective parenting:
Play sound file (796 kb)
- John Toumbourou and Leanne Rowe offer some ideas for getting help:
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Listen to the thoughts of parents and young people about the challenges of adolescence.
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Parents speak about the challenges of children starting high school.
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Parents and young people speak about the challenges of adolescence.
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Positive and ongoing communication between parents and their children is vital to promoting resilient people. For more about promoting your child’s resilience and information on other drug-related issues go to the Links and Contacts page.