Upon completion of this chapter, the reader will understand:

• that families can be involved in their child’s educational program as informants, recipients of information, and active participants in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the curriculum framework
  
  
• that it is important for teachers to know a family’s priorities for their child’s education and to incorporate the priorities in the planning for the child’s education
  
  
• strategies to use when interviewing families
  
  
• the importance of extending learning opportunities at home and how to encourage parents to incorporate learning activities into their child’s daily routine
  
  
• how to develop strategies to interact with and involve all family members, regardless of cultural orientation, in their child’s education regardless of their child’s level of ability

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• Figure 3.2: A completed gifts/contributions map
  
  
• Figure 3.3: A completed preferences map
  
  
• Figure 3.4: A completed images for the future map
  
  
• Figure 3.5: A completed images for school map