The school-to-prison pipeline (STPP)--disproportionately impacting students of color--involves a set of interactions between and among children, youth, their families, school personnel, other service providers, and gatekeepers to such outcomes as incarceration or college. Educators can, through their interactions with and expectations for…

Reviews essential components for collaborating with families, the fourth target of the National Agenda for Achieving Better Results for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Describes two programs that have successfully integrated families into all aspects of their work, and provides recommendations are for enhancing collaboration…

This article uses the issue of custody relinquishment to illustrate ways in which research can be used in the policy change process. In the case studies profiled, research was most effective when combined with family stories. The stories gave the problem life and the research helped find families with stories. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)