Family Literacy Support Network (FLSN) Resources, Research & Data


Family Literacy: FLSN Position Paper- Family Literacy: A Unique Strategy for Supporting School Readiness http://flsn.lacoe.edu/resources/documents/position_statement.pdf

Early Childhood Education: Fostering Language & Literacy in Classrooms & Homes (2002) by David K. Dickinson & Patton O. Tabors http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jthompson/Resources/DickinsonTaborFosteringlanguageLiteracy.pdf Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Program Guidelines (2006) by California Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/documents/itguidelines.pdf Promoting School Success: Closing the Gap Between REsearch and Practice (2003) by Childhood Development Policy Institute Education Fund http://www.thechildrenscollabrium.com/Promotingschoolsuccess.pdf CIERA Report #1-014 "A Framework For Examining Book Reading in Early Childhood Classrooms" by David K. Dickinson, Allyssa McCabe, and Louisa Anastasopoulos http://www.ciera.org/library/reports/inquiry-1/1-014/1-014p.pdf Constructing Achievement Outcomes Toward Literacy: An Analysis of Sociocultural Activity in Latino Home & Community Contexts (2001) by Lilia Monoz and Robert Rueda, University of Southern California http://www.ciera.org/library/reports/inquiry-1/1-011/1-011.pdf Readiness: School, Family, and Community Connections (2004) by Southwest Educational Development Library http://www.sedl.org/connections/resources/readiness-synthesis.pdf

Parent Education: Family Involvement in Early Childhood Education (2006) by Harvard Family Research Project http://www.hfrp.org/content/download/1181/48685/file/earlychildhood.pdf The Contribution of Parenting to Ethnic and Racial Gaps in School Readiness (2005) by Jeanne Brooks-Gunn & Lisa B. Markman http://www.futureofchildren.org/futureofchildren/publications/docs/19_01_FullJournal.pdf Interactive Parent Child Literacy Activity Qualitative Study: What's Happening During the Parent-Child Interactive Literacy Component of Family Literacy Programs? (2005) by Grinder, E.L., Longoria Saenz, E., Askov, E.N., & Aldemir, J. http://www.ed.psu.edu/goodlinginstitute/pdf/parent-child_interactive_lit_study.pdf


Adult Education: Moving Towards Participatory Adult Education: Involving Family Literacy Students in Meaningful Leadership Experiences (2008) by Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy http://www.ed.psu.edu/goodlinginstitute/pdf/Research_Brief_4_Final.pdf Learning to Achieve: A review of the recent literature on serving adults with learning disabilities (June 2009) by National Institute for Literacy http://www.nifl.gov./publications/pdf/L2ALiteratureReview09.pdf Teaching Adults to Read: Alphabetic, fluency, vocabulary, & comprehension-Summary (2005) by National Institute for Literacy http://www.nifl.gov./publications/pdf/teach_adults.pdf Investigating the language and literacy skills required for independent online learning (2008) by National Institute for Literacy http://www.nifl.gov/publications/pdf/NIFLOnlineLearningReport.pdf